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Tower 12a

Hob Uid: 9672
Location :
Cumbria
Allerdale
Silloth-on-Solway
Grid Ref : NY1026052120
Summary : The site of tower 12A at Silloth Golf Course, part of the defences supporting Hadrian's Wall on the Cumbrian coast. The tower was originally of sandstone construction and was excavated during the 1960s by Bellhouse. The Tower is not positively identified on air photography but may potentially be covered by 1948 vertical photography.
More information : Site of Tower 12a found in Jan 1963 at NY 1027 5210, survives as a hillock in the line of ancient sand-hills covered with the canal gravel and red sandstone chips. (1)

Excavated Aug/Sept 1966. It was found to have been originally 20' square, with later repairs reducing the size to 20' x 15'. The pottery finds made are dated no later than AD 140. (2)

The site of tower 12a is now represented by the remains of Bellhouse's excavation trench on top of a slight mound on Bitterlees Golf course at NY 1026 5213. The position was verified by Bellhouse on the ground (3a). The view to the South is somewhat obscured by high sand dunes. (3)

Scheduled. (4)

The Tower has not been positively identified on air photography but may potentially be covered by 1948 vertical photography. (5)

Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (6)
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Vol(s) : 66, 1966
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Vol(s) : 69, 1969
Source Number : 3
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Source details : Colin Lofthouse and Keith Blood/18-FEB-1993/RCHME: Cumberland Coast Project.
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : Oral Mr RL Bellhouse, 16 Lyt's Lane, Kempsey, Worcester.
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : RAF 541/A/434 3017 27-JUL-1948
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : ROMAN
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 117
Monument Type : Signal Station, Frontier Defence
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Find
Components and Objects:
Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Signal Station, Frontier Defence
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27719
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cumbria)
External Cross Reference Number : 367
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 15 SW 6
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Associated Monuments :
Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1966-01-01
End Date : 1966-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1993-01-19
End Date : 1994-02-02
Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31