Turret 59A

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Scott Vanderbilt

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 28, 2025 10:18 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=2, dare:feature=tower

A turret situated on Hadrian's Wall.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060257

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.947289, -2.812028

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Uncertain: Center point of the ancient site (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Turret 59A makes connections with:

Turret 59A connection Hadrian's Wall (unspecified date range)

Turret 59A receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tower (defensive)

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Milecastle 59

See Also:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Scott Vanderbilt, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Turret 59A: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060257> [accessed: 28 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060257 |title=Places: 967060257 (Turret 59A) |author=Vanderbilt, S. |accessdate=April 28, 2025 1:00 am |publisher=Pleiades}}