milecastle
Jan. 13th, 2012 07:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordmilecastle (MEYEL-kas-uhl) - n., a small fort set at intervals of one Roman mile along a major well-defended frontier.
Such as Hadrian's wall. Each fort a mile apart, ya? The English language Wikipedia article is Hadrian-centric, but at least acknowledges that others exist.
---L.
Such as Hadrian's wall. Each fort a mile apart, ya? The English language Wikipedia article is Hadrian-centric, but at least acknowledges that others exist.
---L.
