Hadrian's Wall, Turret 8b (Union Hall)
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
Roman 43 to 410
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
418340
Northing
566110
Grid Reference
NZ418340566110
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
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