The Roman fort and associated civil settlement and a medieval tower house at Bowness on Solway at the west end of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 80 - List Entry
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...The course of Hadrian's Wall here is thought to have run from Linden House at the east end of the modern village of Bowness to join with the north east corner of the fort. It will have consisted of the Turf Wall which was later replaced by the Stone Wall. Its survival and precise line have however not been confirmed and it is thought that the line of the Wall near the fort has been lost through erosion of the sea cliff. Bainbrigg in 1601 described remains of the wall on the shore west of the fort. The Wall here, would have closed the gap between the north west corner of the fort and the sea at the western end of Hadrian's Wall. This is the equivalent of the spur wall at the east end of the Wall at Wallsend. However its precise location and survival have not been confirmed since....The exact location of milecastle 80 has not yet been confirmed although it is believed that it survives as a buried feature. On the basis of the usual spacing it is expected to be located below the remains of Bowness fort. However, erosion of the seaward face of the escarpment at Bowness may have removed some of the remains.... -
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