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{{Infobox castle
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==Construction==
Milecastle 18 was a [[Milecastle#Axes|long-axis milecastle]] with [[Milecastle#Gateways|Type I gateways]].<ref name="Breeze174">{{cite book |author=David J Breeze and Brian Dobson |year=1976 |title=Hadrian's Wall | publisher=Allen Lane | isbn=0-14-027182-1 | pages = 174}}</ref> Long axis milecastles were usually built by the [[Legio VI Victrix]] or [[Legio XX Valeria Victrix]], whilst those with type I gateways are thought to have been built by [[Legio II Augusta]].<ref name="Breeze">{{cite book |author=David J Breeze and Brian Dobson |year=1976 |title=Hadrian's Wall | publisher=Allen Lane | isbn=0-14-027182-1 | pages = 14–15}}</ref> Milecastle 18 is the only one of the series of 80 to have the combination of type I gateways and a long axis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/archaeological.services/research_training/hadrianswall_research_framework/project_documents/Milecastles.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211023452/http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/archaeological.services/research_training/hadrianswall_research_framework/project_documents/Milecastles.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2009|title=The Milecastles|publisher=Durham University|access-date=29 April 2010
The milecastle is situated on the [[Military Road (Northumberland)|Military Road]] just to the west of East Wallhouses. It measures {{convert|53|ft|8|in|m}} east to west and {{convert|59|ft|6|in|m}} north to south with side walls {{convert|7|ft|9|in|m}} thick.<ref name=mc18/> It was scheduled as an ancient monument on 14 July 1997.<ref name=mc18>{{cite web|title=Milecastle 18|url=http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=20446|work=Pastscape|publisher=English Heritage|access-date=17 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325002214/http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=20446|archive-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> There are no structural remains though part of the milecastle is visible as a {{convert|0.5|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} platform next to the road, which covers much of the former milecastle.<ref name=mc18/>
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==Monument records==
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| Milecastle 18||20446||NZ 06 NW 1
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