HADRIANS WALL MILECASTLES AND TURRETS

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1156389
Date first listed:
24-Nov-1967
Statutory Address:
HADRIANS WALL MILECASTLES AND TURRETS, B 6318

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Location

Statutory Address:
HADRIANS WALL MILECASTLES AND TURRETS, B 6318

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Henshaw
National Park:
NORTHUMBERLAND
National Grid Reference:
NY 74732 67586

Details

HENSHAW B 6318 NY 76 NW and NY 76 NE (North side, off) 12/42 and 13/42 Hadrian's Wall, 24/11/67 milecastles and turrets I

Hadrian's wall; milecastles 39 and 40; turrets 38A, 38B, 39A, 39B and 40A. AD 122, reconstructed AD 205. Rubble core with dressed stone faces. Course of wall runs west from Milking Gap (NY 771679) to near Lodhams Slack (NY 737673). Several stretches of well-preserved, c.l.5-metre high wall masonry. Remains of milecastle 39. Sites only of milecastle 40 and turrets. Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: NY7473267586

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
240770
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

End of official listing

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Date: 24 Jun 2003
Reference: IOE01/09329/17
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