2013

NY7066 : Aesica (Great Chesters fort) - south wall

taken 12 years ago, 3 km from Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England

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Aesica (Great Chesters fort) - south wall
Aesica (Great Chesters fort) - south wall
J Collingwood Bruce, in his "Handbook to the Roman Wall" (14th Edition by David J Breeze), says that in the mid-18th C some of the walls of the fort were standing about 12ft high.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Uplands
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Mike Quinn   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 November, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 11 November, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 7033 6675 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:59.6664N 2:27.9167W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 7043 6675
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