Tower 0a |
| Hob Uid: 10082 | |
Location :
Cumbria
Allerdale
Bowness
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| Grid Ref : NY2170062400 |
| Summary : Conjectural site of Roman tower (formerly numbered turret 80A within Hadrian's Wall, now re-numbered tower 0A as a part of the western extension of the Roman Frontier along the Cumbrian Coast). No visible remains of a turret at the position on OS Hadrian's Wall Map, nor in the immediate vicinity. This position is highly speculative; the very existence of a turret west of Bowness Roman Fort is circumstantial, based exclusively on the single reference of 1707 to the supposed continuation of Hadrian's Wall west of its generally accepted termination at the fort at Bowness. This westward extension of a stone wall is not proven; the fort is situated on a sea cliff close to the high water mark, a position of some natural strength, which would be a reasonable termination of the Wall. It is more likely therefore that the westward extension to the Roman frontier, comprising a pattern of the towers and milefortlets, unconnected by a stone or turf wall, commenced at the fort, and that these occupied the summit of the worn down cliff above the raised beach, which extends WSW from the W gate of the fort in the direction of milefortlet 1. The more likely site of the supposed tower (which would be numbered 0A on the Cumbrian Coast sequence) at a `standard' measurement from milefortlet 1, would have been along this line at about NY 217 624. There is no trace. |
More information : (NY 2186 6267) Turret 0a. (1)
In 1707 the end of the Roman Wall was discernible about a quarter of a mile west of Bowness (2a). To judge by the terrain we shall be justified in supposing that there was a long enough length for Turret 80A to be required at the end of it, well beyond high-water mark (as at Wallsend) (2). (2)
No visible remains. (3)
No visible remains of a turret at the position on OS Hadrian's Wall Map (see authority 1), nor in the immediate vicinity. This position is highly speculative; the very existence of a turret west of Bowness Roman Fort is circumstantial, based exclusively on the single reference of 1707 (see authority 2a) to the supposed continuation of Hadrian's Wall west of its generally accepted termination at the fort at Bowness. This westward extension of a stone wall is not proven; the fort is situated on a sea cliff close to the high water mark, a position of some natural strength, which would be a reasonable termination of the Wall. It is more likely therefore that the westward extension to the Roman frontier, comprising a pattern of the towers and milefortlets, unconnected by a stone or turf wall, commenced at the fort, and that these occupied the summit of the worn down cliff above the raised beach, which extends WSW from the W gate of the fort in the direction of milefortlet 1. The more likely site of the supposed tower (which would be numbered 0A on the Cumbrian Coast sequence) at a `standard' measurement from milefortlet 1, would have been along this line at about NY 217 624. There is no trace. (4)
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