Turret 73B

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Scott Vanderbilt

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, 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/967060418

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.926301, -3.093419

Locations:

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

Names:

None

Turret 73B makes connections with:

Turret 73B connection Hadrian's Wall (unspecified date range)

Turret 73B receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tower (defensive)

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Milecastle 73

See Also:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Scott Vanderbilt, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Maxime Guénette, 'Turret 73B: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060418> [accessed: 14 March 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060418 |title=Places: 967060418 (Turret 73B) |author=Vanderbilt, S. |accessdate=March 14, 2026 10:15 am |publisher=Pleiades}}