Between the Chapel House (9) and Walbottle Dene (10) Milecastles "the Committee located by measurement another turret opposite Hawthorn Terrace in Walbottle and 570 yards east of Walbottle Dene Milecastle. This turret has been named the Walbottle Turret. The south wall of the turret was found under the hedge bank on the south side of the main road and measured 19 feet along its south wall with an entrance facing south in the usual position at the east end of the south face". It is recorded as being only 3 feet thick. Same massive masonry as turret 7B with the door in the same position. Dated C2.

Curtain. Has not been investigated in this mile, and is presumed to lie under the road. Wall Ditch. Visible on the north side of the road in the grounds of Walbottle School. Vallum. Visible as earthworks parallel with and south of the road, interrupted in places by roads etc. In 1962-3 a trench was excavated over the line of the ditch at Walbottle Campus (NZ 167 667) by the Campus Archaeological Society. The topsoil yielded many clay tobacco pipe stems. Below the topsoil was clay. Below this and 4 feet below modern ground level was a silty material in which a small fragment of presumably Roman black coarse ware was found and an old turf line over undisturbed [natural?] grey clay. Flooding prevented further excavation. Turret 9b was "looked for by measurement and excavation" in 1928 but not found. In 2001 during a watching brief on a electricity service trench at Stephenson Terrace, Blucher the ditch was observed. It was 5m wide and the northern lip lay some 2.5m south of the line shown on the OS. A watching brief and evaluation during installation of services to a new coach depot on the north side of Hexham Road, Blucher failed to find remains of the ditch. Ditch found to survive at Walbottle Service Station. The top of the ditch fill lay 0.78m below current ground level, The northern upcast mound or glacis was found 0.43m below ground level. The ditch was c8m in width and 2.6m deep. A post medieval stone culvert had been built into the ditch. Vallum recorded during installation of electricity cable at Blucher in May 2003. In 2005 an evaluation in the playing fields at St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, Walbottle, recorded a compact deposit containing flecks of charcoal and many small angular stones, with a single large flat stone at the western side of the trench. The deposit was found to be 0.20m thick. . Beneath it a layer of overlapping small stones was found. A single sherd of Roman grey pottery was found but it had been present in the plough soil for a considerable period. Despite the lack of dating evidence, the presence of this stony layer between the curtain Wall and vallum leads to speculation that it could be a degraded part of the Military Way or part of a later re-surfacing. The surface was left in-situ. A watching brief during the installation of an electricity cable to serve the new development at Walbottle service station in 2005, recorded a deposit of sandstones and clay which may have been core material from the Wall. An evaluation in 2008 by TWM on Stephenson Terrace encountered the core of Hadrian's Wall at 92.94mOD just below the modern road surface. Dated C2.

The existence of a milecastle on Chapel House farm was noted by Horsley, but its position was only definitely located in 1928 by the North of England Excavation Committee. The southern two-thirds was excavated by E. Birley in 1929, the rest being under the road, and the north gate was recorded in 1951. This was a long-axis milecastle, with the internal dimensions of 60 feet N-S and 48 feet 10 inches E-W. The outer walls had been severely robbed, but enough remained of the north gate to show it was type IV. There were three periods of occupation, according to E. Birley. I (c. A.D. 120/125-c. 195): insubstantial building W of road, stone one to E. II (200/205-c. 295): road remade; new stone building to W; N extension to E building. III (297/300-368): a few patches of masonry remained. It is now thought, on the strength of a coin of Valentinian (364-375) that this milecastle was occupied for as long as the Wall was in use. Other finds include a gaming board, a sword scabbard chape and part of a relief of a female figure. Evaluated by EH in August 1999 to investigate the condition of the remains and their vulnerability to cultivation. The footings of the milecastle were 3.16m thick. The wall core was made up of sandstone rubble faced with sandstone blocks. The wall of an interior building was found. It survived to a height of three courses 880mm. There was a paved surface of sandstone slabs around the south-east corner of the milecastle. 4.65m to the east of the milecastle was a ditch. The milecastle was found to have been built onto a series of strata at least 450mm deep. This could represent a building platform in preparation for the construction of the milecastle, or could relate to early Roman or prehistoric occupation. In 2000 a ditch was found outside the eastern wall of the milecastle. Dated C2.

This turret was located in 1928, 558 yards east of Milecastle 9, and 557 yards (1) or 532 yards (2) west of Turret 8a. Though most of it was under the road the south wall could be examined. "It is two courses high and 19 feet 10 inches long and has a doorway in the normal position". It is presumably this turret, though described as 8a (3) which had a wall only 3 feet thick. Dated C2.

Curtain. Most of the course of the Wall in this mile is under the dual carriageway which forms the eastern end of the Throckley bypass. Sugley Burn passed under the wall in a culvert seen by Bruce. Turret 8a was not securely located in 1928. Pottery and occupational earth was found. Vallum. Much has now been built over or filled in. It was sectioned in 1961 near West Denton School (NZ 1882 6579), and can be seen as a hollow to the west of the roundabout at the north end of Union Hall Road. It was rock-cut, 3.66m deep, 3.35m wide at the top and 2.36m at the bottom. The berms were 10.67m wide. The mounds were turf revetted. Watching brief during house building west of West Denton Hall in 1977 (NZ 189 657) produced no finds. Military Way was located in 1961 near West Denton School and in 1929 32 yards south of Milecastle 9. It was 7.31m wide with large stones at the base. Here the Wall and Vallum are about 180m apart (as opposed to 54m at Walbottle Dene and the west). Upper fills of Wall ditch observed during evaluation at Westlands, West Denton in 2003. Suggests a more southernly line for the ditch than that shown on OS mapping. The truncated remains of the vallum were recorded during a watching brief for the installation of an electricity cable in Union Hall Road in February 2004. No archaeological deposits were found during an evaluation in the grounds of West Denton Hall in April 2004. A watching brief in 2010 between the northern half of Avalon Drive and the A69 revealed sandstone foundations which may relate to Hadrian's Wall or Milecastle 8 or, more likely, re-used stone to support an earthen bank. They were revealed at c.0.3m in 4 separate trenches on an E-SE - W-NW alignment in a grass verge south of the A69. they were over 0.4m wide and extended over 85m in length (based upon the distances between the trenches). A watching brief in 2009 at Romany Way revealed the southern face of Wall Ditch. A watching brief at Lemington Middle School in 2010 revealed that concrete foundations up to 1.2m thick lay beneath the school buildings which had disturbed underlying deposits. An area of natural clay noted during the works may represent the southern berm of the Vallum, whereas a roughly linear area of grey clay to the immediate south of this was on an orientation approximately that of the south vallum mound. This may have represented the base of this feature as it remained following the levelling of the site in the 1960s. Dated C2.

Noted by MacLauchlan 12.5 furlongs from Benwell and 90 yards east of the Sugley Burn at West Denton. It was visible as a "conspicuous mound where the main road leaves the line of the Wall and continues thus until half way up Denton Bank, nearly a mile to the east of Denton Lodge". It was investigated by the North of England Excavation Committee in 1928, but "the 5 trenches cut into the mound at different points revealed no masonry in position. The site of the milecastle seems to have been cleared of stonework by stone robbers many years ago; pottery fragments and a layer of dark soil showing an occupation level proved the site to be Roman". In a later description the mound was said to be natural, and another source that it had "yielded pottery and other relics". Site is now under S (west-bound) carriageway of Throckley bypass. It has been said that substantial stone blocks, possibly the gateway, were found during these roadworks suggesting the mound was indeed the milecastle, but there is no known basis for this statement. Two Romano-Celtic heads were found nearby in 1969 and 1980. Dated C2.

This turret was located in 1928, and excavated by the North of England Excavation Committee in 1929 under the direction of E.B. Birley. It is recessed 5 feet into the Broad Wall, here 9 feet+ thick, measures internally 13 feet north-south, 14 feet east-west, and survives in places to 6 courses high. The entrance is at the east end of the south wall; it was suggested that there had been a window in the east wall. There were 3 periods of occupation, dated "by analogy from the results obtained from the excavation of other sites". I: A.D. 123-195. Features: platform (for stair?), hob, 2 hearths. II: A.D. 205-295. Features: raised floor, threshold, new platform, 2 hearths. III: A.D. 297-368. Features: raised floor. Evidence much damaged. It was initially described as apparently some 160 yards east of the expected position, and it was noted that its walls were only 3 feet thick. Wall turret 7b. Circa 122 A.D, Sandstone. Square turret built into the Roman Wall; doorway on south. Up to 6 courses high. Internal stone platform for the foot of a timber stair or ladder in south-east corner. Wall attached is of 'broad wall' type. Source: E.B. Birley 'Excavations on Hadrian's Wall West of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1929' in Archaeologia Aeliana S VII, 145-152 and illustration. A scheduled ancient monument. Occupied C2 until late C4.

From Benwell Hill westwards the Wall lies on the south side of the West Road. Curtain is visible in three places: Denton Burn (NZ 2017 6541); attached to Turret 7b (see 210); The Ramparts (NZ 1950 6570) uncovered in 1947 - three courses of large facing stones survive. It has been seen/excavated in 1953 under the steps of the Methodist Chapel (NZ 2035 6533); foundations 3m wide in 1981 on west side of 717 West Road (NZ 1998 6548); in 1987 at Copperas Lane where 49m of Wall was exposed prior to construction of the Western Bypass in 1988-89 (NZ 197 656). The wall was severely robbed and only a few stones of the south face survived. The core was clay and rubble. One version says 25 ft of Wall destroyed in 1982 W of Thorntree Cottage, another that it was not seen there in 1986 (NZ 2019 6540); not seen east of Denton Library in 1976 (NZ 2016 6540). Vallum. Destroyed between Denton Burn and Copperas Lane in 1938. Centurial stones, one recording work by the First Cohort of Dacians, were found set into the faces of the mounds looking onto the berm. The Vallum survives at Wallington Drive where the crossings are visible in open ground. Turret 7a, if it ever existed, has not been found. Culvert (60cm square), for the Denton Burn to pass under the wall, was seen by Bruce in 1864. Metalled track found in 1987 behind Wall at Copperas Lane, in use C2 - C3, one resurfacing. It was up to 8.40m wide, marked by wheel ruts. The resurface contained a coin of Septimius Severus 202-210. Under and on each side of the Wall were plough marks. The Vallum was rock-cut and was 2.44m deep, 5.70m wide at the top and 2.85m at the bottom. It had silted naturally. The mounds were made of clay and sandstone rubble, revetted with clay blocks. The north mound was 5.95m wide and the south mound 6.80m wide. The north berm was 8.15m wide, the south 9.50m wide. A watching brief on 13th March 2002 (by David Sherlock of English Heritage) during the construction of an extension to the changing rooms at Benwell Cricket Club failed to locate any trace of the vallum. A watching brief during the installation of a telecommunications cable at St Cuthbert's House in 2002 revealed a surviving section of Hadrian's Wall under Westgate Road. The northern facing stones were present and the Wall survived to one course high. In 2003 a service trench excavated across the line of the Wall adjacent to the upstanding Scheduled remains outside Charlie Browns garage, failed to reveal any archaeological deposits. An evaluation at St. Cuthbert's High School in 2003 failed to find evidence for the vallum, which actually appears to run some 6-8m south of the Scheduled line, and Hadrianic service road. Hadrian's Wall not seen during watching brief in September 2003 during installation of further services to new St Cuthbert's Care Home. Works at Dene Lodge in 2010 by ASUD, Denton revealed that the bank of the Vallum survives as a buried earthwork c.0.35m high and is little damaged. Dated C2.

Condercum probably means 'a place with a wide view' and this fort lies on a level hill-top overlooking the Denton Burn to the west. In the second century the First Cohort of Vangiones was stationed here. Around 180 a cavalry regiment was here. During the time of Antoninus Pius (138-161) a centurion of the Sixth Legion dedicated an altar to Jupiter, which suggests that a detachment of that legion was based here. Through the third and fourth centuries the First Cavalry Regiment of Asturians was in residence. During the reign of Gordian (238-44) the prefect T. Agrippa made a dedication to the three Mother Goddesses of the parade ground. Most of the northern part of the fort was destroyed by a reservoir in 1863-4. The southern part was built over 1926-1937 when rescue excavations took place. There is some doubt about the exact size of the fort but was probably 170.69 x 120.7m (2.06 hectares). The fort walls had clay and rubble foundations 2.08m wide and were backed by a clay bank 4.57m wide. To the west and east lay two ditches. The inner ditch continued round the south side. The fort was occupied into the late fourth century. The central range of the fort contained the commanding officer's house, headquarters building, a double granary and a workshop or forge. Hypocausts of the commanding officer's house were observed in 1761 and 1926 and a silver spoon was found. A well was found in the courtyard in 1959. Its contents included pottery of the second half of the fourth century. In the rear range of the headquarters building was the regimental strongroom. It was cut into the rock, decorated with wall-plaster and lit by a splayed window in its south wall. The courtyard contained a settling tank divided into five chambers. The water probably came from the north. In 1937 the dedication slab for the double granary was found. It translates as 'For the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, under Aulus Platorius Nepos, the Emperor's propraetorian legate, a detachment of the British fleet [built this]' . The granary and the fort thus date to the governorship of Nepos (122 to 126). In 1990 it was found that the eastern half of the granary had been demolished and metalled over at an unknown date. The workshop was divided into several rooms. Sweepings from a forge were found including iron scale and coal heaped against its east wall. The via quintana road ran between the minor east and west gates and over the ditches via causeways. To its south lay a courtyard building thought to be the hospital and another small building. Part of a torc was found here in 1937. To the west lay two barracks, each containing an officer's suite and nine rooms presumably for the cavalry. There were two double buildings (barrack blocks or stables). Dated C2.

Wall is thought to run from "deduced" site of milecastle 6 (Benwell Grove) under West Road at Church of Venerable Bede until west of Benwell Fort, when it comes back to south side of the road to "inferred" site of milecastle 7 (Benwell Bank) just west of end of St. Cuthbert's Road. Some believe milecastle 7 has not been found here because it has been quarried away or destroyed in lowering of road; others think its site was further W, on Denton Bank. Curtain. Has not been discovered on this stretch in modern times. Vallum. Used to be seen south of General Hospital; traditionally located by subsidence cracks in houses S of West Road. Found by excavation west of Condercum Road in 1928, 77 yds south of presumed line of Wall, and its diversion was traced round south side of Benwell Fort. Its line west of fort, as suggested in (5), was not confirmed in 1978. Turret "6a" is deduced to lie east of the fort. Turret 6b (Benwell Hill) was recorded by Robert Shafto in 1751 during construction of the Military Road, but there is some disagreement as to how far west of the fort it should be located. Around 280m beyond the fort just east of Two Ball Lonnen. Vallum not recorded in watching brief in September 2003 during construction of conservatory onto Hadrian School, behind Pendower Hall. In September 2003 during evaluation in the grounds of Pendower Hall, Tyne and Wear Museums uncovered a section of the Military Way, with a series of ditches and other metalled surfaces (maybe the service trackway). The Military Way lay 26.2m behind Hadrian's Wall. Unlike other sightings, this section had no camber, no axial or side kerbs, is composed of a layer of metalling laid directly onto the natural ground, is wider and has a ditch or ditches on the south side only. Illustrates that differing engineering solutions were employed, where the practical solution did not always require following a fixed blueprint. The remains were left in-situ and reburied. The south side of the Vallum, metalled surfaces and evidence of Vicus were found at Pendower Hall in 2016. Watching brief in February 2004 during gas mains renewal in Springhill Gardens and Broomridge Avenue, recorded the northern side of the vallum. Four courses of Hadrian's Wall were revealed during an archaeological evaluation at 167 West Road in 2012 by AAG Archaeology. The Wall was damaged by stone quarrying and modern service trenching. The top of the fourth course was recorded as 300m bgl. The foundation of the curtain of Hadrian's Wall was located at the corner of Fox and Hounds Lane by ARS in March 2012. The foundation generally survived to a single course of stones and was cut in part by modern services. It was found to survive to a depth of three courses beneath a modern garden wall.
During evaluation and excavation for a new water main in 2014 (NAA) at the City Learning Centre, Benwell the eastern fort ditch and ditch of Hadrian's Wall were observed as well as the foundation for Hadrian's Wall itself within the traffic island of West Road and at Farndale Road. The possible wall footing at Farndale Road was not fully exposed but appeared to be around 3.2m in width, and comprised two zones of sandstone rubble with a clay core. This falls within the variation catalogued by Breeze and Hill, who noted that the foundations tended to range in width between 2.4m and 3.2m, and that a variety of materials were recorded either singly or in combination, including clay, river cobbles, crushed stone and stone flags.
The wall followed a line a few degrees north of the alignment of West Road so that at Weidner Road junction it had reached the centre of West Road. At this point, the berm between wall and ditch had reduced to no more than 2m and the ditch had become wide, shallow and irregular. Given the close proximity to the fort of Condercum (standing only 80m to the west), it is possible that the change in layout reflects a holistic approach to the defences of the wall and fort, and hints at some degree of contemporaneity (it has always been assumed that the fort post-dates the wall, as has been recorded elsewhere). Simpson and Richmond supposed that the wall joined the southern side of the principal eastern gateway of the fort, as at several wall forts (c.f. Chesters) and that the fort defences had been constructed over the infilled wall ditch.
However, excavation of the main pipe trench revealed a change in alignment of the ditch, turning to the north-east to mirror the fort defences. This appears to be at odds with Simpson and Richmond (1941), who had excavated a trench through the ditch immediately east of the fort, in the grounds of Rutherford College. However, they do not indicate on the plan the precise location of their trench.
Of the fort, the only significant feature was one of the eastern defensive ditches, recorded previously only on the south side of West Road. While the full extent was not ascertained, it was probably over 4m wide, and at least 1.8m deep, equating reasonably well with Simpson and Richmond’s outer ditch on the west side of the fort. A second possible ditch was located to the west of this, although this was relatively shallow and may have been a more recent feature. Dated C2.