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.

In this mile the Wall is believed to follow the line of the West Road from the supposed site of milecastle 5 (Quarry House - which Horsley supposedly saw at the junction of Westgate Road and Corporation Street) to the "deduced" site of milecastle 6 (Benwell Grove at the Church of the Venerable Bede). Curtain. Seen in 18th century, by early 20th century it had disappeared so that, in 1929, "Search for the foundation of the Wall between the Castle and Benwell fort was unsuccessful…". There were no better results in 1974 at NZ 2360 6425, or in 1982 at NZ 2275 6455, and 224 645. Ditch. No recent reports; apparently not seen in 1974 under 350 West Road. Vallum. Its line is based on sightings by early antiquaries south of the General Hospital, on subsidence cracks in houses south of the West Road and from field boundaries on Tithe etc. maps. About 10m south of Westgate Road. These suggest it ran as far as the Big Lamp. Because of quarry damage it was not found here in 1972 (under nos. 29- 45), or in 1985 (north end of the east side of the street). Nor was it seen in 1974 in Cromwell St (NZ 2340 6421) or in 1982 beside Nurses' Home. Further evaluation and a watching brief adjacent to the nurse's home in 2002-3 also failed to record the vallum. No turrets have been located in this mile. Probable evidence for the vallum at Bowland Lodge in 2004. There is a theory that the Vallum diverted to the south at some point around Elswick Row and turned down to the river. This suggestion was first proposed by Spain and Simpson in 1930 and later by McPherson and Bidwell in 2001. A watching brief in 2005 on Scotswood Road which aimed to test this theory failed to record the Vallum. An evaluation in 2009 at Newcastle College also failed to find the Vallum. Tyne and Wear Museums concluded that the eastern most observed point of the Vallum is at Quarry House. Evaluation at the General Hospital in 2010 recorded putative evidence of the 18th century Military Road which may assist in establishing the line of the Wall. An evaluation at The Beacon, Westgate Road by ARS in 2012 revealed the truncated remains of a ditch. It is possible that this ditch may have run alongside the Wall, however, it is located further south than the anticipated Wall ditch. The ditch measured 2.25m in width and 0.49m deep. Dated C2.

In 1985 the south-west corner of a milecastle (milecastle 4) was found at Newcastle Arts Centre (66-75 Westgate Road). It would appear to be a long-axis milecastle measuring 14.90m west-east x 18m north-south. The south wall was 2.70m wide and was bonded with clay. The foundations of the south and east walls were 2.90m wide and were formed of flags, normally associated with the Broad Wall. The south gate may have been blocked. Pottery indicated that the milecastle was abandoned in the later second century or shortly afterwards. The Roman masonry has been lifted and rebuilt at a higher level so it is on display. Dated C2.

The Notitia Dignitatum places the First Cohort of Cornovians (from Wroxeter area) at Pons Aelii. Aelius was the family name of Hadrian, and was used by Antoninus Pius and his adopted grandson (117 to 180). In 213 an inscription was set up by the First Cohort of Roman-citizen Cubernians to the Dowager Empress Julia Domna, the mother of Emperor Caracalla, showing that the fort had been erected by that date. The fort lies under the Castle Keep. It was likely to be free-standing and not attached to Hadrian's Wall. It was located in 1929. Excavations between 1976 and 1992 located the north and south defences. The south ditch lay between the Keep and the Bridge Hotel. It contained Roman stones and a Samian mixing bowl of late second century or later. The north fort wall was 1.7m wide. It is estimated that the fort measured 95 x 67m (0.64 hectares). The small size and polygonal shape of the fort was possibly related to the topography of the site. The fort was built in the late second or early third century. Fragments of the headquarters building, commanding officer's house and granary are visible under a railway arch beside the Keep. The headquarters building had a strongroom. To the south-east was a hypocausted building found in 1929. The commanding officer's house, to the west, contained at least one heated room. In the second quarter of the fourth century the north wall of the headquarters building and the commanding officer's house were rebuilt and the via principalis was resurfaced. Later in the fourth century the work was repeated. Two smaller than usual granaries were aligned east-west along the north side of the via principalis. In the second half of the fourth century the floor of the west granary was removed. The sleeper walls were reduced in height and the space in-filled, possibly to allow industrial activity in the building. The east granary was changed in the same way but the date is undetermined. 143 coins were found in the fort between the headquarters building and the north wall. They range in date from the 270s to 364-75. This probably means that trade was occurring in this part of the fort, meaning that in the fourth century Pons Aelius was not acting as a normal fort. The latest coins from the site date to 388-402 {Breeze 2006}. 10% of the interior of the fort has been archaeologically excavated - parts of the small principia, the corner of the commander's house (praetorium), two small granaries and a series of buildings that might have been narrow barracks, but more likely workshops. The shape and size of the fort has not been determined but it seems likely that the fort was irregular in plan to allow internal space for the cohors I Cugernorum (mentioned on the Julia Domna stone). The reconstruction of the fort has truncated corners on the eastern side where the promontory slopes to the river. Almost none of the fort wall has been seen. It may have been polygonal in plan like Bewcastle. Dated C2-C3.