Turret 17B

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Scott Vanderbilt

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

Last modified Dec 09, 2025 08:34 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/967060421

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
55.009284, -1.918439

Locations:

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

Names:

None

Turret 17B makes connections with:

Turret 17B connection Hadrian's Wall (unspecified date range)

Turret 17B receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tower (defensive)

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Milecastle 17

See Also:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Scott Vanderbilt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, and Maxime Guénette, 'Turret 17B: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060421> [accessed: 12 December 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/967060421 |title=Places: 967060421 (Turret 17B) |author=Vanderbilt, S. |accessdate=December 12, 2025 11:54 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}