Hadrian's Wall, Turret 8b (Union Hall)

HER Number:
213

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Hadrian's Wall, Turret 8b (Union Hall)

Place:
West Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Frontier Defence

Site Type: Specific:
Turret

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Turret 8b was located in 1928, 558 yards east of Milecastle 9. Though most of it was under the road the south wall was examined and found to be two courses high and 19 feet 10 inches long, with a doorway in the normal position.

Easting:
1834

Northing:
6611

Grid Reference:
NZ18346611

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 213 >> G.R.B. Spain, 1929, Work on the Roman Wall near Newcastle 1928, North of England Excavation Committee, Second Report 1926-1928, p. 14 M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, The Wall from Benwell Fort to Rudchester Burn, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 531 G.R.B. Spain, 1931, North of England Excavation Committee, Third Report, 1929-1930, p. 8; David J. Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall, fourteenth edition, page 162