Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 53 - Banks Burn

Milecastle 53 (Banks Burn) was a – Milecastle on Hadrian’s Wall. The fortification is west of the small hamlet of Banks, in Cumbria and northeast of Lanercost Priory Abbey. The next mile fort, No. 54, is 1,436 m to the east. The fort was examined in 1932, its dimensions were 21.9 m (east-west) ? 23.3 m (north-south). It belongs to the long axis type III. In the same year traces of the peat wall were found inside.

Sites near Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 53 - Banks Burn

• Hadrian's Wall – Hare Hill (0 km)
  Hadrian's Wall
• Hadrian’s Wall – Turret 51b – Leahill (1 km)
  Hadrian's Wall Turret
• Hadrian’s Wall – Turret 52a - Banks East (1 km)
  Hadrian's Wall Turret
• Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 54 - Randylands (1 km)
  Hadrian's Wall Milecastle
• Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 52 - Bankshead (1 km)
  Hadrian's Wall Milecastle
• Boothby Roman Fortlet (3 km)
  Fortlet and Stanegate Fort
• Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 55 - Low Wall (3 km)
  Hadrian's Wall Milecastle
• Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 51 - Wall Bowers (3 km)
  Hadrian's Wall Milecastle
• Nether Denton Vicus (3 km)
  Vicus
• Nether Denton Roman Fort (3 km)
  Stanegate Fort