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Old October 15, 2010, 05:01 AM
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Milecastle
...the wall with forts, milecastles and watchtowers along it...

What does "milecastles" mean? I can't find this word. ¿Castillos militares? (me lo estoy inventando...).

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Old October 15, 2010, 05:15 AM
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Son atalayas puestos cada milla de distancia un las murallas de castillos o
fuertes.
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Old October 15, 2010, 05:40 AM
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Gracias, poli. Entonces, ¿qué diferencia hay entre 'milecastle' y 'watchtower'?
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Old October 15, 2010, 05:41 AM
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Look here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milecastle

También puedes ver esto (aunque la 'traducción' deja mucho/muchísimo que desear)
http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/es/Hadrian%27s_Wall

(No se me ocurre una traducción adecuada en español...)
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Old October 15, 2010, 05:50 AM
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Watchtower es una palabra bien conocida y milecastle mucho menos. Según lo que leí to romanos pusieron un milecastle cada milla como un mojón (a propósito mojón tiene otro significo en este lado del océano, y es mejor decir hito). No hay reglas así para los watchtowers.

Un milecastle es un watchtower, pero un watchtower no tiene que ser un milecastle.
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Old October 15, 2010, 05:58 AM
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Se me ocurre asociar "milecastle" con "fortín" (más pequeño que el fuerte, mayor que la torreta). Por lo menos así se los llamaba en la Zanja de Alsina, versión local del Muro de Adriano, mucho más larga, mucho más pobre y contra enemigos temibles pero no tanto.
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Old October 15, 2010, 06:02 AM
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Ovidate mencionar la gran muralla de China.
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Old October 15, 2010, 12:30 PM
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Making a search I've found that a milecastle is what poli said and a watchtower is placed between two milecastles. I think that the watchtower is smaller than a milecastle (although I'm not sure). But well, now I've already got the idea of what a milecastle is.

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Para mí las "watchtower" son torres de vigía (torres en lugares altos para observar la presencia de enemigos).
Las milestones son torres de control fronterizas -control de perímetro-. También se hacian torres a distancias fijas para enviar señales (para enviar mensajes/encender hoguera, etc)?
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Old October 18, 2010, 03:29 AM
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Gracias, sosia.

Tendré que hacer un viaje para verlo sobre el terreno.
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