Turret 28B

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Scott Vanderbilt

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Maxime Guénette

Last modified Feb 02, 2026 11:14 AM — 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/967060329

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
55.032648, -2.16777

Locations:

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

Names:

None

Turret 28B makes connections with:

Turret 28B connection Hadrian's Wall (unspecified date range)

Turret 28B receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tower (defensive)

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Milecastle 28

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Related:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Scott Vanderbilt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, and Maxime Guénette, 'Turret 28B: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060329> [accessed: 17 July 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060329 |title=Places: 967060329 (Turret 28B) |author=Vanderbilt, S. |accessdate=July 17, 2026 2:27 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}