Milecastle 22

Turret 22A[edit]

Turret 22A (Portgate) is (all but the south wall) buried beneath the Military Road. The south wall is under a fence immediately to the south of the road and does not project into the field. Excavation in 1930 revealed that the masonry was four courses high on the west side and three on the east.^[5] The turret is of Standard A construction, indicating a change of builder since Milecastle 22.^[3]

In 1850, a stone was found in the vicinity inscribed with the words Latin: "Fulgar divom" ("the lightning of the gods"). It is thought that this was set up where lightning had struck.

Location on Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 map: 55.013139°N 2.025240°W

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