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TURRET 19A

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The site of Roman turret 19A, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. The turret appears to have been dismantled in Roman times; evidence of the last occupation is from pottery, none of which dated later than AD 200. There is no trace apart from a 5 metre stretch of rough walling, 0.8 metres high, embodied within a hedge at NZ 0286 6859. The rest of the turret is under the road.

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(NZ 0286 6859) TURRET 19A (GSC) (Site of) (TI) (1)

"NZ 0286 6859" Located and excavated in 1932. The turret is of the standard B series (door at W end of S wall). (2-4)

No visible remains; the site is covered by a modern road. (5)

The turret appears to have been dismantled in Roman times; evidence of the last occupation is from pottery, none of which dated later than AD 200 (see authoprity 2). There is no trace apart from a 5m stretch of rough walling, 0.8m high, embodied within a hedge at NZ 0286 6859. The rest of the turret is under the road. (6)

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Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

1:2500 1962

( 2) Archaeologia Aeliana : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity

10, 1933 Page(s)98

( 3) General reference

Collingwood Bruce J 1957 Handbook to the Roman Wall, 11th Edn Page(s)69

( 4) Externally held archive reference

Private 25" Newcastle Soc of Antiqs (T Hepple, 1930)

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RWE 18-MAR-66

( 6) Field Investigators Comments

Donnie Mackay/09-OCT-1989/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project.

( 7) Scheduled Monument Notification

14-JUL-1997

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

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