Tyne and Wear HER(213): Hadrian's Wall, Turret 8b (Union Hall) - Details
213
Newcastle
Hadrian's Wall, Turret 8b (Union Hall)
West Denton
NZ16NE
Defence
Frontier Defence
Turret
Roman
C2
Demolished Building
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.
1834
6611
NZ18346611
<< 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