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Turret 50a
Hob Uid: 14008
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Waterhead
Grid Ref : NY6020065860
Summary : The site of Roman turret 50A, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. The north half of the turret is buried beneath the road, and the south half survives as a slight earthwork at the edge of the adjoining field at the position shown on the current Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. The earthwork element of the turret is visible on air photographs and digital elevation models derived from Environment Agency lidar and Structure from Motion taken from 2017 specialist oblique photography.
More information : (NY 6020 6587) Turret (R) (Site of) (1) Turret 50A located at 544 yds west of milecastle 50. Excavated 1911 and measured internally 13'8" E-W and 12' 9" N.S. Full Report. Photos. Plan (2). For details of Dedication-slabs found during the excavations and now in Carlisle Museum see (3). (2-3) Visible as slight unsurveyable ground swelling. (4) The N half of the turret is buried beneath the road, and the S survives as an amorphous swelling at the edge of the adjoining field at the position shown on the current OS 25 inch map at NY 6020 6586. (5) Scheduled (6) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7) The earthwork element of the turret is visible on air photographs and digital elevation models derived from Environment Agency lidar and Structure from Motion taken from 2017 specialist oblique photography. A hint of the southern element of the turret is visible as a slight scarp south of the current road. (8)

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Source details : 6" 1957
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Source details : Keith Blood/07-MAR-1990/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project.
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Source details : HE SfM DEM 05-JAN-2017
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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, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Turret
Object Type : COMMEMORATIVE STONE
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Related Records from other datasets:

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 6065/2
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26074
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 1938
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 1939
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cumbria)
External Cross Reference Number : 338
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 66 NW 19
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Associated Monuments :
Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1911-01-01
End Date : 1911-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-11-03
End Date : 1971-11-03

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

Historic England Research Records

Turret 50a