Hadrians Wall Milecastles and Turrets is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1967. A AD 122 Ancient monument.
Hadrians Wall Milecastles and Turrets
- WRENN ID
- wild-basalt-khaki
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1967
- Type
- Ancient monument
- Address
- Hadrians Wall Milecastles and Turrets, B 6318, Henshaw
- OS grid reference
- NY 747 675
- Coordinates
- 55.0022, -2.39656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hadrian's Wall includes milecastles 39 and 40, as well as turrets 38A, 38B, 39A, 39B, and 40A. Constructed around AD 122 and reconstructed in AD 205, the wall features a rubble core with dressed stone faces. The course of the wall runs west from Milking Gap to near Lodhams Slack. There are several stretches of well-preserved wall masonry, approximately 5 meters high. The remains of milecastle 39 can be seen, while milecastle 40 and the turrets are represented by their sites. This site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Hadrians Wall Milecastles and Turrets sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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