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Latitude: 55.0022 / 55°0'7"N
Longitude: -2.3965 / 2°23'47"W
OS Eastings: 374732
OS Northings: 567586
OS Grid: NY747675
Mapcode National: GBR CBPL.YN
Mapcode Global: WH90X.5J1L
Plus Code: 9C7V2J23+V9
Entry Name: Hadrians Wall Milecastles and Turrets
Listing Date: 24 November 1967
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1156389
English Heritage Legacy ID: 240770
ID on this website: 101156389
Location: Northumberland, NE47
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Henshaw
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Beltingham with Henshaw
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Defensive wall
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
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