Milecastle 66 (Stanwix Bank) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY39735678).
Milecastle 66 was on the north, Stanwix, side of the River Eden in Carlisle. The site is near the cricket ground. In Roman times there was a bridge crossing the Eden at this point. On the south side of the river was the Roman fort and town known as Luguvalium. In the 16th century, William Camden noted remains of the bridge as "within the chanell of the river, mighty stones the remaines thereof." When the Eden was dredged in 1951, nearly 100 stones were recovered. Most of these dredged stones can be seen today in Bitts Park.
Milecastle 66 was seen by Thomas Pennant in 1772, when he passed through Carlisle on his way to Scotland. He describes the milecastle as "vestiges of some dikes describing a small square, the site of a fort to defend the pass". There are no visible remains of the milecastle today.
Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated turret structures. These turrets were positioned approximately one-third and two-thirds of a Roman mile to the west of the Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with Milecastle 66 are known as Turret 66A (grid reference NY392566) and Turret 66B (grid reference NY387565). None of the turrets between Milecastles 59 and 72 were sought or identified prior to 1961, and the exact locations of turrets 66A and 66B have not been found.
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Milecastle 66 (Stanwix Bank) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY39735678). Milecastle 66 was on the north, Stanwix, side of the River Eden in Carlisle. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fortlet site from the Roman period in Britain.
Milecastle 66 (Stanwix Bank) is classified as a Roman fortlet — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium (0.5 km), Uxelodu(nu)m (0.6 km), Turret 65B (0.6 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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