milecastle

Jan. 15th, 2014 07:28 am
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milecastle (MEYEL-kas-uhl) - n., a small fort set one Roman mile apart from another fortlet along a frontier fortification.


Such as along Hadrian's Wall, where each milecastle is also a gateway through the wall. Named for being a small castle-like things a mile apart. ObBonus: Milecastle haikus (click about for successive weeks).

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