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Turret 2b
Hob Uid: 25013
Location : Newcastle upon Tyne Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : NZ2680064700
Summary : Alleged alternative site for a Roman turret. "Turret 2B may have been somewhere near the Heaton Public House at the corner of Brinkburn Street ...". (Siting would be in area NZ 268 647, approximately 2/3 distance between MacLauchlan's milecastles 2 and 3 - see NZ 26 NE 25 and NZ 26 SE 15. See NZ 26 SE 13 for alternative site of Turret 2Bb.
More information : "Turret 2B may have been somewhere near the Heaton Public House at the corner of Brinkburn Street ...". (Siting would be in area NZ 268 647, approximately 2/3 distance between MacLauchlan's milecastles 2 and 3 - see NZ 26 NE 25 and NZ 26 SE 15. See NZ 26 SE 13 for alternative site of Turret 2Bb. (1)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Ms Notes The Narrow Wall between Newcastle and Wallsend (G Simpson, Apr 1978)
Page(s) : 8
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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 : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 26 SE 58
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Turret 2b