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Turret 53b
Hob Uid: 12684
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Burtholme
Grid Ref : NY5553064530
Summary : The site of Roman turret 53B. It survives as a slight earthwork platform. There is a slight lift, 0.1m high, along the line of Hadrian's Wall and in the adjoining field at NY 5553 6454; this is the position suggested by the Ordnance Survey field investigator of 1972, and subsequently published on the current OS 25" map, which is different from and preferred to that shown on OS 6" 1957.
More information : (NY 5549 6453) Turret (GS) (Site of) (1) Turret 53b is on the slope of Craggle Hill, "at the normal position, ie twice the standard interval from Milecastle 53". Excavation in 1932 was limited to proving that the turret belonged to the Turf Wall series. Here "red sandstone made its most easterly appearance in the Wall structures, the stone used in the turret being red, but that in the Wall yellow". (2) No surface traces. (3) Red sandstone incorporated in the field wall, and a presumed excavation trench on the N side of the wall, tentatively place the site of this turret at NY 5553 6454. The field itself has been extensively ploughed and levelled but the field wall rises slightly over a raised area. Notwithstanding Authy 2's statement on regular intervals, neither Turret 53A nor 53B conform to this as now positioned. (4) There is a slight lift, 0.1m high, along the line of Hadrian's Wall and in the adjoining field at NY 5553 6454; this is the position suggested by the OS field investigator of 1972 (authority 4) and subsequently published on the current OS 25" map, which is different from and preferred to that shown on OS 6" 1957 (authority 1). (5) Scheduled (6) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1957
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Source details : (F G Simpson and J McIntyre)
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Source details : F1 EG 31-MAY-55
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Source details : F2 CFW 09-FEB-72
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Keith Blood/02-JUL-1990/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project.
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : 14-Jul-97
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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 : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 28
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External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 5564/7
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26076
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 56 SE 14
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1932-01-01
End Date : 1932-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1955-05-31
End Date : 1955-05-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-02-09
End Date : 1972-02-09

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1993-08-01

Historic England Research Records

Turret 53b