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The Westgate Road Milecastle, Newcastle upon Tyne

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Barbara Harbottle,
R. Fraser and
F.C. Burton
Barbara Harbottle
Affiliation:
Tyne and Wear Archaeological Centre, Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
R. Fraser
Affiliation:
Tyne and Wear Archaeological Centre, Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
F.C. Burton
Affiliation:
Tyne and Wear Archaeological Centre, Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Stone foundations, interpreted as part of a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall, were uncovered in 1985 during the conversion into the Newcastle Arts Centre of 67–75 Westgate Road (National Grid reference NZ 2452 6401). The initial discovery was made and pursued, and almost all the subsequent excavation carried out, by David Fry, the resident potter at the Centre, with constant encouragement from Mike Tilley, the director. The recording on site, and responsibility for eventual publication, was undertaken by members of the Tyne and Wear Archaeology Unit, who are grateful to Charles Daniels and Brian Dobson for their helpful advice during the preparation of this report, and to John Dore, John Casey and Jacqui Huntley for their specialist reports.

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Britannia , Volume 19 , November 1988, pp. 153 - 162
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Copyright © Barbara Harbottle, R. Fraser and F.C. Burton 1988. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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1 Daniels, Charles M. (ed.), J. Collingwood Bruce's Handbook to the Roman Wall (13th edition, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1978), 22–25 and passim.Google Scholar

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3 There is no published note of this work, but see Northumberland County History, Vol. XIII (1930), 497 and fig. 10.

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10 Palaeoenvironmental Studies Service, Dept. of Botany, University of Durham.