Turret 29a and 460 metres of Hadrian's Wall crossing open farmland with wide views north over Northumberland
Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground
Turret 29a’s lower walls still stand within a 460-metre stretch of Hadrian’s Wall running west from Chesters Roman Fort, one of the small lookout posts the Romans built along the frontier so that a pair stood in every Roman mile, each meant for a handful of soldiers rather than a full garrison. Its stone threshold still shows the hole where a door once pivoted. In 1873 the antiquarian John Clayton excavated here and found carved stones naming the army units that built this stretch, including one reading that the century, a unit of 80 men, under Antonius Felix put up the Wall at this point; the stone is now on show at Chesters Museum. The turret stands right on the Hadrian’s Wall Path, a few kilometres from Chesters Roman Bridge Abutment, open to anyone passing.
