Milecastle 56

Turret 56B[edit]

Turret 56B (Cambeck) (grid reference NY51236394) is situated about 140 metres east of the Cam Beck on a river terrace.^[3] It was located in 1933 and measured 6.2 metres across.^[5] It projected 0.8 metres in front of the line of Hadrian's Wall, and is assumed to have originally belonged to the Turf Wall.^[5] There are no traces of the turret visible above ground.^[5]

The site of the Roman fort at Castlesteads (Camboglanna) is situated 440 metres south of Turret 56B.^[6]

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