Low Brunton

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Low Brunton
Northumberland
Location
Grid reference: NY919702
Location: 55°1’37"N, 2°7’37"W
Data
Post town: Hexham
Postcode: NE46
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Hexham

Low Brunton is a small village in Northumberland. Nearby villages include Humshaugh, Chollerford and Walwick.

Around and about the village

Hadrian's Wall runs just south of Low Brunton, and on the wall here stand the remains of Brunton Turret, just over 26 Roman miles from the eastern end of the Wall at Wallsend. The turret, a stone defensive tower. is noteworthy because its construction displays the difference between the original plan to build the wall ten feet thick, and the revised scheme at a reduced eight feet.[1]

See also

Outside links

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References

  1. Stephen Johnson (2004) Hadrian's Wall, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ISBN 0-7134-8840-9
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