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Turret 43a
Hob Uid: 13822
Location : Northumberland Greenhead
Grid Ref : NY6985066840
Summary : The approximate site of Roman turret 43A on Hadrian's Wall. There are no surface remains.
More information : [NY 6986 6685] Turret [G.S.] (Site of) (1) Turret 43A (Cockmount Hill), located in 1912, was built on the Broad Wall foundation and embodied in the Narrow Wall which ran behind it. (2-3) The site is overlain by turf-covered spoil from the Wall, and no remains of the turret can be identified. (4) There is no surface trace of the turret; there is much debris from the Roman wall, here reduced to a grass-grown bank, and the precise position of the turret cannot be verified though it must have been located in the general area NY 6985 6684. (5) Listed Building (6) In the vicinity of the site of the turret air photographs show extensive disturbance with post medieval enclosures built against the wall (see NY 66 NE 347, UID1393063). It is not possible to detect the position of the turret. (7) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8)

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Source details : 6" (Prov) 1946
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Source details : Handbook to Roman Wall 11th Ed. 1957 (J.C. Bruce, Ed. I.A. Richmond)
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Source details : Keith Blood/04-SEP-1989/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project.
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Source details : District of Tynedale, Northumberland: 27.7.87
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : NMR NY 066/66 (TMG 19853/10) 02-MAY-2000
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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 : Uncertain Evidence

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 6966/13
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 240720
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Northumberland)
External Cross Reference Number : 6040
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 66 NE 1
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1912-01-01
End Date : 1912-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-05-25
End Date : 1966-05-25

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

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Turret 43a