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Turret 78b
Hob Uid: 10129
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Bowness
Grid Ref : NY2407062260
Summary : Supposed site of a Medieval cross located on a mound/tumulus; also the conjectural site of the Roman Turret 78B. No visible remains of any of these monuments.
More information : [NY 24086228] Tumulus [GT] (NY 24126230) Cross (GT) (Site of) (1) "It is traditionally recorded that an upright stone stood on Fishers Cross Mound within the recollection of persons now living: (perhaps the shaft of a cross?), that its name was Fitzha, or Fitzheugh, Cross, and that a stone coffin was once found here with a skeleton in it, that coins are found in the garden formed on it we know, for we saw one "(2). Bruce also records Roman coins from the mound (3). Gordon mentions "Fesa Cross which is upon the wall" (4). Hereabouts, according to Birley would be the calculated position of Turret 78B (5). (2-5) No intelligible remains of the tumulus. (6) No visible remains of turret 78B. (7)

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Source details : 25" 1925
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Source details : Memoir of the Roman Wall 1858 (H MacLauchlan)
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Source details : Handbook to the Roman Wall 1867 (J C Bruce)
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Source details : Itinerarium Septentrionale 1726 (A Gordon)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : E Birley Letter, 13.1.1960, (AO/SP/2)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : F1 DS 27-NOV-68
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : F2 BHP 05-JAN-72
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Turret
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Cross
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Mound
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 26 SW 28
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-11-27
End Date : 1968-11-27

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-01-05
End Date : 1972-01-05

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Turret 78b