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TURRET 52B

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The possible site of Roman turret 52B, part of the defences supporting Hadrian's Wall. There is no surface trace of the turret; the wall here lies beneath the modern road and the precise position remains uncertain (the grid reference for the turret at NY 5700 6457 is at the postulated point midway between milecastle 53 and turret 53A).

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(NY 5700 6457) Site of Turret 52Bb published on OS Hadrians Wall Map, 1964, at the usual measured distance of about 540 yards. (1)

No surface traces. (2)

The turret is unlocated (3a). There is no surface trace of the turret; the wall here lies beneath the modern road and the precise position remains uncertain (the grid reference for the turret at NY 5700 6457 is at the postulated point midway between milecastle 53 and turret 53A. (3)

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Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (5)

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( 1) General reference

Ordnance Survey Hadrian's Wall Map, 1964.

( 2) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DS 03-NOV-71

( 3) General reference

Keith Blood/06-JUN-1990/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project.

( 3a) by Eric Birley 1961 Research on Hadrian's Wall

Page(s)75

( 4) Scheduled Monument Notification

14-JUL-1997

(5) English Heritage 2010 An Archaeological Map of Hadrian's Wall, 1:25,000 scale

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