Low Brunton is a small village in
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Ab ...
, England. Nearby settlements include
Humshaugh,
Chollerford
Chollerford is a village in Northumberland, England, approximately four miles (seven km) north of Hexham (via the A6079 road) on the B6318, the Military Road, not far from Hadrian's Wall. There is a roundabout in the village where the B6318 and ...
and
Walwick
Walwick is a village in Northumberland
Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Cast ...
.
Early history
Hadrian's Wall runs just south of Low Brunton, with the remains of
Brunton Turret
Milecastle 26 (Planetrees) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its position is slightly to the south of, but mostly covered by the B6318 Military Road., and it is located around east of the B6318 Military Road's junction with the A6 ...
(26b), just over 26
Roman Miles from the eastern end of the Wall at
Wallsend
Wallsend is a town in North Tyneside, England, at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 43,842 and lies east of Newcastle upon Tyne.
History Roman Wallsend
In Roman times, this was the site of the fort of Segedunum. This ...
,
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is a ...
. The turret (stone tower) is noted 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.
[Stephen Johnson (2004) Hadrian's Wall, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ]
Governance
Low Brunton is in the
parliamentary
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constituency of
Hexham
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the administ ...
.
See also
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Chollerford Bridge
Chollerford Bridge is a stone bridge that replaced an earlier medieval bridge crossing the River North Tyne at Chollerford, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
It was built in 1785 by Robert Mylne after the previous ...
References
External links
Villages in Northumberland
Wall, Northumberland
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