Hadrian's Wall, Turret 7b (Denton Hall)
Hadrian's Wall, Turret 7b (Denton Hall)
HER Number
210
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Hadrian's Wall, Turret 7b (Denton Hall)
Place
East 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
Ruined Building
Description
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 over 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. Three periods of occupation were dentified (broadly: second, third & fourth centuries), but the evidence was much damaged. LISTED GRADE 1, SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT AND UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Easting
419850
Northing
565550
Grid Reference
NZ419850565550
Sources
<< HER 210 >> E.B. Birley, 1930, Excavations on Hadrian's Wall west of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1929, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, VII, pp. 145-152, 169
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, The Roman Wall from Benwell Fort to Rudchester Burn, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 529-531
G.R.B. Spain, 1929, Work on the Roman Wall near Newcastle, 1928, North of England Excavation Committee, Second Report, 1926-1928, p. 15
G.R.B. Spain, 1931, North of England Excavation Committee, Third Report, 1929-1930, p. 8
L. Allason-Jones in J.C. Coulston, ed. 'Small Finds' from Turrets on Hadrian's Wall in Military Equipment, British Archaeological Report, Int. Ser. 394, pp. 197-198; Guy de la Bedoyere, 2005, Hadrian's Wall History and Guide, pages 46-47; David J. Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall, fourteenth edition, pages 158-165
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, The Roman Wall from Benwell Fort to Rudchester Burn, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 529-531
G.R.B. Spain, 1929, Work on the Roman Wall near Newcastle, 1928, North of England Excavation Committee, Second Report, 1926-1928, p. 15
G.R.B. Spain, 1931, North of England Excavation Committee, Third Report, 1929-1930, p. 8
L. Allason-Jones in J.C. Coulston, ed. 'Small Finds' from Turrets on Hadrian's Wall in Military Equipment, British Archaeological Report, Int. Ser. 394, pp. 197-198; Guy de la Bedoyere, 2005, Hadrian's Wall History and Guide, pages 46-47; David J. Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall, fourteenth edition, pages 158-165