Milecastle 67 (Stainton) was a small fortlet on Hadrian's Wall, located between Turret 66B and Turret 67A on the western sector of the Wall, near Burgh-by-Sands in Cumbria. Like other milecastles, it was built in the AD 120s under Hadrian and was likely occupied, with intermittent breaks, into the late 4th century; it would have housed a small garrison detachment (typically 8–32 men) controlling a gateway through the Wall.
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As one of the westernmost milecastles, it formed part of the controlled-crossing system regulating movement across the frontier in the low-lying Solway corridor, where the Wall transitioned from stone construction toward the turf-built sector further west. Its position helped monitor traffic across the coastal plain approaching the Solway Firth.
The site is poorly preserved and very little has been recovered from it; its location was established largely through measurement along the Wall line rather than substantial excavation, and no significant structural remains or finds assemblage are recorded in published accounts. Honestly, this is one of the more obscure milecastles, and detailed archaeological evidence specific to MC67 is minimal.
Milecastle 67 (Stainton) was a small fortlet on Hadrian's Wall, located between Turret 66B and Turret 67A on the western sector of the Wall, near Burgh-by-Sands in Cumbria. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fortlet site from the Roman period in Britain.
Milecastle 67 (Stainton) 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 Milecastle 68 (Boomby Gill) (1.3 km), 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 (1.4 km), Milecastle 66 (Stanwix Bank) (1.6 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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