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| Milecastle 42, Northumberland | ||
| Milecastle 42 | ||
| site name:- | Hadrian's Wall | |
| locality:- | Cawfields (?) | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
| locality type:- | roman milecastle | |
| coordinates:- | NY715667 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7166 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY76 | |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, The Roman Wall, the Vallum at Cawfields, Northumberland, by
David Mossman, 1880s. click to enlargePR0792.jpg View of Hadrian's Wall; in foreground a man sits on a boulder in a deep ditch, his terrier running across the wall towards cattle in a field to right of composition. Dappled sunlight is cast upon the scene. inscribed &signed at bottom right:- "Mile Castle Cawfields D Mossman" annotated at reverse:- "The Roman Wall - The Vallum at Cawfields Presented by the Artist D Mossman 1893" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1889.8.5 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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