HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Historic England research records Result
Historic England research recordsPrintable version | About Historic England research records

Historic England Research Records

Turret 35a

Hob Uid: 16832
Location :
Northumberland
Haydon
Grid Ref : NY8008070080
Summary : The site of turret 35A, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. The Roman turret measures 3.7 metres east-west x 2.4 metres internally (excluding the blocking); the walls are up to 0.75 metres high (three courses) and the wing walls are unusually small, 1.0 metre (east-west) and up to 0.7 metres deep. The turret is now consolidated. A low mound 6 metres to the south is possibly excavation debris.
More information : [NY 8008 7008] Turret [G.S.] (Site of) (1)

Turret 35a constructed with narrow walls and door to east, is situated 100 yards before reaching the summit of the hill west of Milecastle 35. During the Roman period it had become disused and almost completely demolished. In 1958 the site was excavated and the remains consolidated by the Ministry of Works. Scheduled. (2-5)

Resurveyed at 1:2500. The reconstructed masonry stands two courses high 1.0m in depth, and has an external measurement of 3.5m N-Sx7.0m E-W. GPs AO/65/143/5 & 6 show the SW x NE aspects respectively. (6)

Excavated in 1958 by Miss J. Birch in advance of Ministry of Public Building Works consolidation work. Full report (7). A rough inscribed slab found 63 ft. east of the Turret (9) has been deposited by Ministry of Public Building Works in the Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne (8). (7-9)

The turret was located in 1913. (10)

Ordnance Survey measurements incorrect. The turret at NY 8008 7008 measures 3.7m east-west x 2.4m internally (excluding the blocking); the walls are up to 0.75m high (three courses) and the wing walls are unusually small, 1.0m (east-west) and up to 0.7m deep. The turret is now consolidated. A low mound 6m to the south is possibly excavation debris. The rough inscribed slab is now recorded under NY 87 SW 36. (11)

Scheduled (12)

The turret walls are visible on air photographs and the outline mapped as part of the Hadrian's Wall NMP project. (13)

Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (14)
Sources :
Source Number : 1
Source :
Source details : 25" 1922
Page(s) :
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 2
Source :
Source details : Handbook to the Roman Wall, 11th Edition, 1957 (Ed I.A. Richmond)
Page(s) : 116
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 10a
Source :
Source details :
Page(s) :
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 11
Source :
Source details : 14-Jul-97
Page(s) :
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 12
Source :
Source details : District of Tynedale, Northumberland: 27.7.87
Page(s) : 65
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 13
Source :
Source details : CUCAP RC8 DQ181 04-OCT-1980
Page(s) :
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 14
Source :
Source details :
Page(s) :
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 3
Source :
Source details :
Page(s) : 84
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) : 38, 1948
Source Number : 4
Source :
Source details :
Page(s) : 45, 74
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 5
Source :
Source details : Ancient Monuments England & Wales 1955 (Ministry of Works)
Page(s) : 76
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 6
Source :
Source details : F1 ECW 12-JAN-66
Page(s) :
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Source Number : 7
Source :
Source details : (C Woodfield)
Page(s) : 151-161
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) : 43, 1965
Source Number : 8
Source :
Source details :
Page(s) : 315
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) : 1, 1970
Source Number : 9
Source :
Source details : Wright, R P 'Roman Britain in 1958'
Page(s) : 135
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) : 49, 1959
Source Number : 10
Source :
Source details : Pete Topping/22-AUG-1988/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project
Page(s) :
Figs. :
Plates :
Vol(s) :
Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Turret
Evidence : Ruined Building
Components and Objects:
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 8070/30
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26057
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ND 28
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 240792
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 87 SW 11
External Cross Reference Notes :
Related Warden Records :
Associated Monuments :
Relationship type : General association
Associated Monuments :
Relationship type : General association
Related Activities :
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1913-01-01
End Date : 1913-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1947-01-01
End Date : 1947-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1958-01-01
End Date : 1958-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-01-12
End Date : 1966-01-12
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