page_title: Milecastle 33
section_title: Turret 33B
hierarchical_section_title: Milecastle 33 / Associated Turrets / Turret 33B
caption_attribution_description: English: Turret 33b
context_page_description: Milecastle 33 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall, one of a series of small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along the length of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern England.
  Its remains exist as clearly visible earthworks, with the exception of part of the north gate and wall, and a fragment of the south gate, which are exposed. Exposed parts survive to a maximum height of 1.2 metres. The remains are located a few metres to the north of the B6318 Military Road.
context_section_description: Turret 33B (Coesike) is located approximately 150 metres (490 ft) west of the point where the wall line and the B6318 Military Road diverge.  It has been exposed, and consolidated to a maximum height of 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in). In plan, the turret has an entrance to the east end of the south wall, with a platform in the south-west corner, and a hearth at the centre.  The walls are 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in) thick.  It was built with broad wing walls of Standard A, which join to a narrow gauge wall at this reach.  Material used for the blocking of the rear recess mentioned below included an inscribed stone naming the legio VI Victrix.  This suggests that this legion were responsible for the original construction.
  There is evidence that the following changes occurred during occupation:
  The hearth was replaced twice (evidenced by ashes spilling on the surrounding floor)
  The floor was raised and part-flagged
  The threshold of the door was lifted
  The turret was abandoned, and reoccupied following withdrawal from the Antonine Wall
  The door was blocked at the end of the second century, when the turret apparently went out of use.
  Subsequently, the turret was demolished down to four courses and the recess in the rear of the wall blocked up.
  Occupation evidence includes jars and cooking pots (Hadrianic), butchered remains of young animals (cows, sheep and pigs), and the dumping of ashes from the hearth outside the east wall.
  Location on Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 map: 55.029189°N 2.281070°W
caption: The remains of Turret 33B
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