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 Archaeological site.
Hadrians Wall, Milecastles and Turrets
- WRENN ID
- distant-tower-jet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1967
- Type
- Archaeological site
- Address
- Hadrians Wall, Milecastles and Turrets, B 6318, Greenhead
- OS grid reference
- NY 682 667
- Coordinates
- 54.99425, -2.49759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hadrian's Wall, built around AD 122 and reconstructed in AD 205, includes milecastles 43, 44, 45, and 46, as well as turrets 42B, 43A, 43B, 44A, 44B, 45A, and 45B. The wall features a rubble core with dressed stone faces and runs west from Cawfields to Holmhead. Several sections of the wall stand approximately 1.5 meters high, along with the sites and some remains of the milecastles and turrets. 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 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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