Milecastle 2 - Excavations and Investigations

Excavations and Investigations

• 1732 - Horsley surveyed the milecastle, noting visible remains and recording its position

• 1848 - Collingwood Bruce studied the wall and found the site to have been covered by a brick kiln.

• 1852-4 - Henry MacLauchlan surveyed the milecastle's position, reporting it as short-axis, and recorded.

• 1928 - FG Simpson attempted to locate the site, but despite the previous removal of the brick kiln, found only Roman occupation earth and debris. He recorded distances from the presumed location to the centre of Milecastle 1 as 1,453 yards (1,329 m), and to the centre of Milecastle 3 as 1,453 yards (1,329 m).