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Turret 34A (Grindon West), Hadrian's Wall


Turret 34A (Grindon West) in Wall Mile 34 of Hadrian's Wall, about ¾mile north-west of Grindon Farm. It is a well-preserved, consolidated watchtower, noted for its narrow walls, short wing walls indicating late construction, and a distinctive east-side door with a visible threshold stone. It has internal dimensions of roughly 3.9m by 2.3m. Later medieval reuse is evident from pottery finds in the turret.

Turrets on Hadrian's Wall were small watchtowers built into the wall, with two turrets per Roman mile, located between larger milecastles. They provided elevated viewpoints for small groups of 4 to 6 soldiers to spot threats and offer basic shelter for patrols. Turrets significantly enhanced continuous surveillance and control of the frontier by housing sentries between main garrisons. Their importance lay in forming an integrated part of the wall’s defensive system, enabling rapid communication and constant vigilance against incursions, turning the wall into a manned frontier rather than a simple barrier. Under a naming system introduced in 1930, turrets are numbered 1 to 80 from east (A) to west (B) and given numbers as pairs, taking the number of the nearest milecastle to their east.

Wall Mile 34 Historic Buildings and Monuments in Haydon Civil Parish Grindon, near Haydon Bridge
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Turret 34a at Grindon on Hadrian's Wall
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Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the boundary east of turret 34a and the field boundary west of milecastle 36 in wall miles 34, 35 and 36
- ....The monument includes the section of Hadrian's Wall and its associated features between the field boundary east of turret 34a in the east and the field boundary west of milecastle …
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HADRIANS WALL, MILCASTLES AND TURRETS - List Entry
- "Hadrian's wall; milecastles 30, 31, 34 and 35; turrets 29B, 30A, 30B, 33B, 34A and 35A. AD 122, reconstructed AD 205. Rubble core with dressed stone faces. Course of wall …
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