Turret 41a (Caw Gap) (Haltwhistle)
[NY 72556688] Turret [GS] (Site of). (1)
Turret 41a, located by exploratory excavation in 1912 occurs where the ground drops to the west of Caw Gap, and the Wall ditch reappears for the space of a few yards. (2)(3)
No visible remains. (4)
This turret had been deliberately demolished, presumably under Severus, and the Wall rebuilt across its site. Details from Miss D Charlesworth who excavated in 1967 for M.P.B.W. This turret has now been consolidated by the DOE. (5)
Scheduled. (6)
Additional bibliography. (7)
The turret, 501 yards from turret 41B, was excavated in 1912 and found to have a doorway on the E side of the S wall and to have been dismantled and the Wall built across it in the Severan Period (8b). The turret was consolidated by DOE in 1972-3 (MS note on OS linear map) and is 0.2m high. (8a)
Reference (8c)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8d)
General association with HER 6461 (Milecastle 41a), HER 6463 (Tuuret 41b). (8)
Turret 41a, located by exploratory excavation in 1912 occurs where the ground drops to the west of Caw Gap, and the Wall ditch reappears for the space of a few yards. (2)(3)
No visible remains. (4)
This turret had been deliberately demolished, presumably under Severus, and the Wall rebuilt across its site. Details from Miss D Charlesworth who excavated in 1967 for M.P.B.W. This turret has now been consolidated by the DOE. (5)
Scheduled. (6)
Additional bibliography. (7)
The turret, 501 yards from turret 41B, was excavated in 1912 and found to have a doorway on the E side of the S wall and to have been dismantled and the Wall built across it in the Severan Period (8b). The turret was consolidated by DOE in 1972-3 (MS note on OS linear map) and is 0.2m high. (8a)
Reference (8c)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8d)
General association with HER 6461 (Milecastle 41a), HER 6463 (Tuuret 41b). (8)
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EXCAVATION, Turret 41a, Caw Gap 1912; F G Simpson
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; D King
EXCAVATION, Recent work on Hadrian's Wall, Cawfields 1967; D Charlesworth
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead. An air photographic survey 2004; T Gates
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project ; RCHME
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; D King
EXCAVATION, Recent work on Hadrian's Wall, Cawfields 1967; D Charlesworth
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead. An air photographic survey 2004; T Gates
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project ; RCHME
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