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Turret 45a (Walltown), Hadrian's Wall


Turret 45a is located high on Walltown Crags on Wall Mile 45 of Hadrian's Wall, about 1 mile north-west of the village of Greenhead in Northumberland, and just under ½ mile north-west of Walltown Visitor Centre. The turret is on the Pennine Way and Hadran's Wall Path. Turret 45a is unusual in that a) it is located further east, compared to the normal spacing between turrets and mile castles on Hadrian's Wall, and b) it was constructed without wing walls, with the curtain wall abutting the structure, rather than being integrated with it. These features are consistent with the suggestion that it might have been a signal tower which pre-dated the wall, built as part of a system of watchtowers associated with Stanegate (Roman road). The turret is included in a Grade I listed section of Hadrian's Wall, Milecastles and Turrets, and part of an ancient monument on the National Heritage List for England.

Wall Mile 45 Stanegate Historic Buildings and Monuments in Greenhead Civil Parish
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Stanegate
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Stanegate
- The Stanegate ("stone road") was an important Roman road, built before Hadrian's Wall, which linked forts at Carlisle (Luguvalium) and Corbridge (Corstopitum). It became the northern frontier of Roman empire in …
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Hadrians Wall, Milecastles and Turrets, B6318 - List Entry
- Hadrian's wall; milecastles 43, 44, 45 and 46; turrets 42B, 43A, 43B, 44A, 44B, 45A and 45B. AD 122, reconstructed AD 205. Rubble core with dressed stone faces. Course of …
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County: Northumberland
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