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Milecastle 72, Burgh by Sands
Milecastle 72
site name:-   Hadrian's Wall
civil parish:-   Burgh by Sands (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   roman milecastle
coordinates:-   NY32425910
1Km square:-   NY3259
10Km square:-   NY35
evidence:-   probably old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 187:-  "..."
"Burgh on Sands ... About a quarter of a mile west in Watchfull field has been a castellum, where quantities of stones have been dug up, and a pavement struck upon near the wall. ..."
evidence:-   probably old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 228, quoting Mr Horsley:-  "..."
""... about a quarter of a mile west from this town [Burgh by Sands] there has been a castellum; for, at this place, they have dug up a larger quantity of stones, than the bare thickness of the wall could well have afforded. They call the field the Watch-hill, and a remarkable tree in it called the Watch-tree; and the tradition runs, that in antient times there was a watch tower on this spot. I was also told that they sometimes struck upon a pavement hereabouts, not far from the track of the wall, and that the stones they found there, were such as they now use in paving [a military way]. ...""
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