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Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Scott Vanderbilt

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Maxime Guénette

Last modified Feb 06, 2026 12:15 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=2, dare:feature=tower

A milecastle situated on Hadrian's Wall.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060272

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
55.0309186145, -2.26613358038

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Boundary of the ancient site (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall) makes connections with:

Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall) connection Hadrian's Wall (unspecified date range)

Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fortlet

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Related:

Wikidata Milecastle 33 (Q6851171)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Scott Vanderbilt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, and Maxime Guénette, 'Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060272> [accessed: 13 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060272 |title=Places: 967060272 (Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall)) |author=Vanderbilt, S. |accessdate=February 13, 2026 7:37 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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