2009
NY5764 : Pike Hill Tower on Hadrian's Wall
taken 17 years ago, near to Banks, Cumbria, England
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Pike Hill Tower on Hadrian's Wall
The tower is about 200m east of NY5764 : Turret 52a (Banks East). The tower was just over 6m square and, uniquely on the Wall, stood on a platform of mortared rubble with substantial foundations. The masonry of the tower was dressed to a higher standard than the turrets of the Wall. The tower lies at 45° to the Wall; the ditch to the north follows the line of the Wall and the tower in the same zig-zag pattern. {Source: "Handbook to the Roman Wall" (14th Edition) by J Collingwood Bruce.}
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- Grid Square
- NY5764, 93 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Mike Quinn (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 20 April, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 4 June, 2009
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NY 576 648 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.5654N 2:39.7713W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NY 576 648
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
