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Turret 50A

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.98574, -2.62356

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +107 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +107 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — White-letter Hairstreak, Eristalis pertinax, Purple Hairstreak +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — White-letter Hairstreak, Eristalis pertinax, Purple Hairstreak +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bluebell, Hard Shield-fern, Common Spotted-orchid +1 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Bluebell, Hard Shield-fern, Common Spotted-orchid +1 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route630 m
Named routeRef 72Length 630 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route428 m
Named routeRef 72Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route523 m
Named routeRef 72Length 523 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

(The site of) Turret 50a (Turf Wall) near High House Farm

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

(The site of) Turret 50a (Turf Wall) near High House Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47Historic site4.6 km→✦Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50Historic site1.2 km→✦Poltross Burn MilecastleHistoric site3.2 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51Historic site200 m→✦Birdoswald Roman FortHistoric site1.4 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52Historic site2.3 km→

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