page_title: Milecastle 22
section_title: Turret 22A
hierarchical_section_title: Milecastle 22 / Associated Turrets / Turret 22A
caption_attribution_description: English: (The site of) Turret 22b, near to Halton, Northumberland, Great Britain. At the junction of the Military Road (B6318) and the lane south to &lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/935601"&gt;NY9868&#160;: Portgate&lt;/a&gt; (photo by Oliver Dixon).
context_page_description: Milecastle 22 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a low, turf covered platform just east of the Portgate roundabout. The platform is 0.5 metres on the east side, reducing to only a parch mark on the west side.
context_section_description: Turret 22A (Portgate) is (all but the south wall) buried beneath the Military Road. The south wall is under a fence immediately to the south of the road and does not project into the field. Excavation in 1930 revealed that the masonry was four courses high on the west side and three on the east.  The turret is of Standard A construction, indicating a change of builder since Milecastle 22.
  In 1850, a stone was found in the vicinity inscribed with the words Latin: "Fulgar divom" ("the lightning of the gods").  It is thought that this was set up where lightning had struck.
  Location on Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 map: 55.013139°N 2.025240°W
caption: The site of Turret 22B
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