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:
C2

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:
1985

Northing:
6555

Grid Reference:
NZ19856555

Lats/Lons:

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