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Hadrian’s Wall Turret 7b Denton Hall Roman Britain
Hadrian's Wall formed the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire for over 300 years. As Hadrian's biographer put it in the Historia Augusta, the emperor "corrected many abuses and was the first to build a wall, 80 miles [128 km] in length, to separate the barbarians from the Romans" (Life of Hadrian, 11.2.)However, it was more than just a wall against raiders from the north.
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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.
Hadrian’s Wall Turret 7b Denton Hall Roman Britain
Turret (Hadrian's Wall) A turret was a small watch tower, incorporated into the curtain wall of Hadrian's Wall. The turrets were normally spaced at intervals of one third of a Roman mile (equivalent to 495 metres (541 yd)) between Milecastles, giving two Turrets between each Milecastle.
Hadrian’s Wall Turret 7b Denton Hall Roman Britain
Turret Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 7TH. Before You Go. The foundations of this turret and a 65-metre length of Hadrian's Wall lie immediately beside the A186. Built of unusually large stones, the turret has a platform in one corner, which probably served as the base for a ladder to reach the upper floors.
Denton Hall Turret, A186, West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne Denton Hall, Hadrian's Wall, West Road
List entry 1355307. Grade I Listed Building: Roman Turret Opposite Number 800, Bishops House (Denton Hall) With Section Of Hadrian's Wall. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
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Rob Higgins, a councillor for Benwell-Scotswood, stands with his dog, Daisy, on the remains of the Denton Turret, which forms part of Hadrian's Wall.
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Turret 7B (Denton Hall Turret or Denton Turret) is located in West Denton opposite East Denton Hall (also known as Bishops House) on West Road. The turret is up to six courses high and is made from sandstone. It is recessed by 5 feet (1.5 m) into a section of the broad part of Hadrian's […]
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C2. Form of Evidence: Ruined Building. Description: From Benwell Hill westwards the Wall lies on the south side of the West Road. The curtain wall is visible in three places: Denton Burn, attached to Turret 7b (see HER no.210) and west of Copperas Lane where 49 metres of Wall was exposed in 1987 prior to the construction of the Western Bypass.
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Denton Hall Turret - Hadrian's Wall. Gallery. LOCATION. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR. Recommended by. Book Direct. Our View. The foundations of a turret and a 65-metre (213 feet) length of Wall. A platform on one corner may have served as a base for a ladder to reach higher levels.
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Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin), is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Running from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west of what is now northern England, it was a stone wall with large ditches in.
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"Denton Hall Turret. Hadrian's Wall" app is a real-time virtual tour over 3D reconstruction of the turret and adjoining stretches of the Wall as it may looked like in 164 AD. If you want to feel like one of the roman soldiers from cohors I Vangionum Milliaria Equitata (part mounted auxiliary cohort from Upper Germany) patrolling the Wall, this.
Hadrian’s Wall Turret 7b Denton Hall Roman Britain
Nick Hodgson, author of Hadrian's Wall on Tyneside, said: "It's wonderful to see the wall again in the centre of Newcastle. "If you think of it in the east end between Wallsend and city centre.
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Denton Hall Turret - Hadrian's Wall More Pages. Directions; Opening times; History; Free Entry. Open any reasonable time during daylight hours. Address: Turret Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 7TH. Before You Go. The foundations of this turret and a 65-metre length of Hadrian's Wall lie immediately beside the A186..