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Walking Hadrian’s Wall on TynesideTHE ROUTE THROUGH THE URBAN AREAS
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Walk route
The Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail (opened in 2003) avoids the actual line of Hadrian’s Wall through the urban areas of Tyneside, instead taking a riverside route for the 12 miles between the eastern end of the Wall at Wallsend and Heddon-on-the-Wall.
Visitors and residents with a real archaeological interest in the Wall will want to follow the actual route the Wall took, and there are good reasons for doing so. The Wall has left its legacy in the street plan of Newcastle, especially the straight West Road out of the city, and Shields Road in the eastern suburb of Byker. Although the Roman remains are mostly invisible beneath the modern streetscape, there are places where they can be seen, and there is much else of interest to see, including the historic centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. Even in the urban areas the walker can appreciate the landscape through which the Wall ran: in this area it had to traverse a number
of steep river valleys. Many of the most important archaeological discoveries about the Wall in recent times have been made in excavations in urban Tyneside, and the area contains three of the major garrison forts of Hadrian’s Wall. This guide offers a safe and practical route which runs as close as possible to the sites of these discoveries and the actual line of the Wall.
THE diSTANcE cOvEREd iS AROUNd 12 milES (19km), jUST ABOUT WAlkABlE iN A dAy, AlTHOUGH mOST WAlkERS Will pREfER TO BREAk THE jOURNEy iN NEWcASTlE.
A GUIDE FOR WALKERS, VISITORS AND LOCAL PEOPLE
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three hundred years, until Rome lost control of Britain in the early fifth century.
Hadrian’s Wall was originally inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Today, Hadrian’s Wall is part of the transnational Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2005 and currently comprising Hadrian’s Wall, the German Limes (frontier line) and the Antonine Wall in Scotland.
The Wall was started to a width of 10 Roman Feet (RF) (3m) and was originally some 20 feet (6m high), almost certainly with a walkway and battlements along the top. The 10 foot wide ‘Broad Wall’ only occurs W of Newcastle. Between Newcastle and Wallsend the Wall is narrow (2.4m wide) - this stretch was a slightly later addition. 6m (20RF) in front of the Wall ran a great V-shaped ditch, generally over 8m wide and up to 3m deep. The wide space between the Wall and its ditch was a deliberate measure to provide space for extra obstacles - sharpened branches set in pits - a previously unknown element of the Wall, seen for the first time in recent years in excavations on Tyneside.
At every Roman mile was a small fort which functioned as a fortified gateway through the Wall - a ‘milecastle’. Between every two milecastles were two towers (‘turrets’). Major garrison forts, for full Roman army units, also occur along the Wall, some 15 in all. In our stretch there are three: Wallsend, Newcastle and Benwell, each of which had a civilian settlement (vicus) outside its walls.
To the rear of the Wall (but not E of Newcastle), was a linear earthwork, the so-called Vallum. This was a flat-bottomed ditch, 6m wide and 3m deep, with a substantially built mound to either side. This formidable obstacle demarcated and presumably secured the southern edge of the military zone of the
Wall-forts, milecastles and turrets. Along this corridor, between the Wall and the Vallum, there ran a Roman road, the main means of communication and supply, known as ‘the Military Way’. Apart from a brief period in AD 140-60 when the Romans advanced to the Antonine Wall in Scotland, Hadrian’s Wall was continuously held by the Roman army for
HADRIAN’S WALL
THiS WAlk cOvERS THE EASTERN 12 milES Of HAdRiAN’S WAll, BUilT AcROSS THE 73 milES BETWEEN TyNE ANd SOlWAy iN Ad 122-4. WAlkERS plEASE NOTE
Traditionally the Wall is described from E to W. Many modern day Wall-walkers travel from W to E, so the guide is organised as a series of stages which can be read in reverse, from W to E, as well as from E to W. Sometimes more detailed directions are given where the route might be difficult to follow through the urban landscape: in these cases the directions are given twice, first E-W then W-E.
The milecastles are numbered from E to W, and the turrets in each Wall-mile have the number of the preceding Milecastle with the suffixes A and B. So, for example, between Milecastles 48 and 49, we find Turrets 48A and 48B. Note however that not all positions of milecastles in Tyneside are known with certainty; where the position is described as ‘probable’, it means that the actual structure has never been discovered. No turret has been reliably seen in the whole 7-mile stretch from Wallsend to Denton, W of Newcastle. In some areas, particularly in Newcastle city centre, the line taken by the Wall is still not known, and will only be discovered by future
archaeological research.
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THE fORT AT THE E ENd Of THE WAll WAS SiTUATEd TO cOmmANd mAGNificENT viEWS AlONG TWO STRAiGHT STRETcHES Of THE RivER TyNE.
Built under Hadrian around AD 124 it housed a 500 strong cohort of mixed infantry and cavalry, for most of the Roman period the Fourth Cohort of Lingones, originally raised in eastern France. The fort was completely built over in the late nineteenth century, but revealed again in excavation campaigns in 1975-84 and 1997-8 which mean it has the most completely known plan of any Wall-fort. The modern highway (Buddle Street) bisects the fort, but its outlines are marked out on both sides of the road. There is a modern museum housing the finds excavated from the fort and a reconstruction of the fort baths.
The reconstructed baths are not on the site of the original Roman building, which was discovered by the WallQuest community archaeology project in 2014, 120m closer to the river. At the time of writing plans were being made to display the Roman baths to the public.
At the SE corner of the fort can be seen remains of the ‘Branch Wall’, the very last portion of Hadrian’s Wall which ran down into the river Tyne, probably terminating in a magnificent monument to commemorate the decision of the emperor Hadrian to build the Wall.
Walkers starting at Wallsend and following the actual line of the Wall, rather than the National Trail path along the river, should proceed W from the entrance to the museum carpark, along Buddle Street.
The Roman fort and supply base at the mouth of the Tyne at South Shields, on the other side of the river (www.arbeiaromanfort.org.uk) can be visited from Wallsend by taking the Metro from the Wallsend Metro station to North Shields and taking the pedestrian ferry to South Shields (approximately 1 hour from site to site).
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Dukes Moor
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Clayton's Wood
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Paddy Freeman's Park
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Path Head Wood
Reigh Burn
Nuns Moor
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BENWELLRoman Temple
DENTONHALLTurret
SEGEDUNUMRoman Fort Centre
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Approximate walking time
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Mainline rail station
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BENWELLRoman Temple
Walk route
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Above: The original Roman baths under excavation in 2014
Right: Plan of fort
Top right: Richardson painting of the site in 1848 (Laing Art Gallery)
Far right: The same view today with the displayed fort site
fOR fURTHER iNfORmATiON GO TO:www.segedunumromanfort.org.uk
Approximate walking time
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BENWELLRoman Temple
Walk route
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Immediately W of Wallsend fort, in an area of the Roman fort park just N of Buddle Street, is an excavated stretch of Hadrian’s Wall 33m long and, set just to the S of it, a reconstructed length of the Wall giving a good impression of its probable original appearance. A further 50m of the Wall excavated in 1998-9, showing impressive evidence of collapse and rebuilding in the Roman period, was being prepared for display at the time of writing.
From E to W the walking route goes straight on at the roundabouts and follows: Buddle St (A186) - Neptune Rd (A186) - Maurice Rd (A186) - Fossway (A187). For a mile W of Wallsend fort the Wall runs under buildings to the N of this route, converging with the Fossway just W of Miller’s Dene recreation ground, probable site of Milecastle 1. Just W of the Turbinia pub (S side) the Wall-line is indicated in the pavement on N side as it converges with Fossway.
Milecastle 2 was probably in the vicinity of Tunstall Avenue, W of the Brough Park dog racing track (S side). The N face of the Wall has been seen under the fence just S of the pavement between Brough Park and Tunstall Avenue.
At the W end of Fossway and the E end of Shields Road the big roundabout at Byker Hill is the probable site of Turret 2A. Cross via the Shell petrol station.
FROM WALLSEND TO THE OUSEBURN VALLEY
Reconstructed Wall at Buddle Street
Above: Stukeley’s view taken from the site of the roundabout looking along what is now Shields Road in 1723
Left: same view as it would have appeared in Roman times
At Union Rd (E end of Shields Rd) the piece of Hadrian’s Wall displayed outside the E wall of the cycle shop is not real and is about 20m N of the true line.
Follow S side of Shields Road (B1312). The Wall runs under the shops on the S side of Shields Rd - see a displayed section of the Wall foundation excavated in 2000 at the Library/Pool forecourt. The discs in the pavement to the N mark the positions of a defensive system of timber obstacles in the space between the Wall and Ditch found here for the first time in 2000.
The next major feature is the Ouseburn Valley (where the Wall crossed the burn near the Ouseburn Farm). Milecastle 3 lay in the vicinity of the BP station on the E side of the valley at E end of Shields Road, and appears in a drawing of 1723 by the antiquary Stukeley.
Top left: Wall and obstacles under excavation in 2000
Top middle: Wall displayed at Library/Pool forecourt, Shields Road
Top right: How the Wall and its frontal obstacles may have looked
GETTiNG THROUGH THE OUSEBURN vAllEy
OUSEBURN vAllEy E TO W: turn L at Morrisons Superstore, cross A193 by Kentucky Fried Chicken (pedestrian crossing), and then follow A193 W; turn L at E end of Byker Bridge to descend via the Cumberland Arms into the Ouseburn Valley. Cross the river just L of the farm. From the Ship Pub, leave the valley by Stepney Bank.
OUSEBURN vAllEy W TO E descend Stepney Bank into the Ouseburn valley. Pass the Ship pub on L and cross the river just R of the farm. Climb up via the Cumberland Arms on E side of Valley to cross over the main A193 (pedestrian crossing near Kentucky Fried Chicken. Bear to the R of the BP station to Morrisons Superstore at W end of Shields Road.
Ouseburn Valley
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GETTING BETWEEN OUSEBURN AND THE CITY CENTRE
E TO W: At top of Stepney Bank turn L along Crawhall Rd. On the opposite (W) side see a plaque and cross-section of the Wall on the side of a building bearing the street sign ‘Red Barns’, where the Wall was found in 1981. At ‘Quayside Pharmacy’ turn R along Howard Street. Cross Gibson Street, where the route becomes Buxton St, then Melbourne St. Under the Staybridge Suites building to the R the Wall was found in 2004.
Turn L along Jubilee Rd and then R along Garth Heads, where the Wall was found under the building to the R in 1992, parallel to the frontage. The Keelmen’s Hospital lies to the L. At the Sallyport Tower descend L by steps to City Rd and bear R. Cross City Rd at the pedestrian crossing to site of Town Wall Corner Tower. From here the Wall might have continued to follow the railway viaduct, keeping to high ground. An alternative route lies to the S, based on supposed sightings of the Wall
ditch in Silver St in 1928. To get to Silver St descend via the steps to Trinity Square and on R ascend Silver St, which doglegs past the N entrance to All Saints churchyard. At the top follow the blue railings under a viaduct arch to find the entrance to the subway to cross Pilgrim Street, the busy elevated road that runs on to the Tyne bridge. At the end of the subway turn L up a ramp and then sharp R along an alley (Painterheugh) which follows the side of the railway viaduct. The Wall ditch was seen at the E end of Painterheugh in 1929. Emerge on to Dean Street and cross to ascend the Dog Leap stairs (Immediately R of overhead viaduct) to the site of Newcastle fort (Pons Aelius).
Wall and defensive obstacles as found under the Staybridge Suites building (Melbourne Street) in 2004. (Archaeological Services Durham University)
W TO E: From the Castle Garth descend Dog Leap Stairs (immediately on N side of the viaduct arches) to Dean Street. Pick up the alley, Painterheugh, which follows the side of the viaduct on the other side of Dean Street. The Wall ditch was seen at the E end of Painterheugh in 1929. At the end of Painterheugh turn sharp L and R into subway to cross Pilgrim Street, the busy elevated road that runs on to the Tyne bridge. From here the Wall might have continued to follow the railway viaduct, keeping to high ground.
An alternative route lies to the S, based on supposedsightings of the Wall ditch in Silver St in 1928. To get to Silver St emerge from the subway and follow the blue railings under a viaduct arch S towards the N entrance of All Saints Churchyard. Descend Silver St to Trinity Square. Ascend the steps to the L to the Town Wall Corner Tower. Cross City Rd at the pedestrian crossing, keep to the higher route to the L and after 200m take a sharp L backtrack up steps at Causey
Bank to the Sallyport Tower. Turn R along Garth Heads, where the Wall was found under the building to the L in 1992, parallel to the frontage. The Keelmen’s Hospital lies to the R. Turn L along Jubilee Rd and R along Melbourne St, which becomes Buxton St then, after crossing Gibson St, becomes Howard St. Under the Staybridge Suites building to the L the Wall was found in 2004. At ‘Quayside Pharmacy’ turn L up Crawhall Rd.
On the L (W) side towards the top see a plaque and cross-section of the Wall on the side of a building bearing the street sign ‘Red Barns’, where the Wall was found in 1981. Opposite here find Stepney Bank for the descent into the Ouseburn.
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eAv
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Cedar Road
Penn Street
Roth
bury
Terr
ace
Tyne Main Road
Tyne View
Hadrian Road
Mill
Lane
Roman
Avenue
Station Road
Falc
onar
Stre
et
Sceptre Street
Clayton Road
Westmorland Road
Phili
phau
gh
St Anthony'sRoad
Ches
ter
Stre
et
Station Road
Ferguson's Lane
Wiltshire Gardens
Cragside
SuttonStreet
Welbeck Road
Win
grov
eRo
ad
Netherby Drive
NunsMoor Road
Dunn
St Michael's Road
Saltmeadows Road
PilgrimStreet
BathLane
LambtonStre
et
Hospital Lane
Osborne
Terr
StrawberryPlace
Kingfisher Boulevard
GeorgeStreet
Clay
ton St
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BolamW
ay
Heaton Park View
Hillh
ead
Road
Water
Street
Walbottl
e Road
Commercial Road
Fenham Hall Drive
Market Street
Gloucester Road
Hodgkin
Park
Road
Stotts Road
Brig
hton
Gro
ve
Wharrier Street
BoydRoad
Howard Street
HighStreet
Newton
Road
Claremont Road
Que
enVi
ctor
iaRo
ad
Forrest Road
Bent
inck
Road
ParkRoad
BenfieldRoad
Sheraton Street
gate
ParkRoad
Hunter's Road
Road
Walter Terrace
CoachRoad
Pendower W
ay
BeechG
roveRoad
Blackrow Lane
Byro
nSt
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Slatyf
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Street
CLOSE
GIB
SON
STR
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ADELAIDE TERRACE
HIG
HSTREET
COLLEG
ESTREET
BENWELL LANE
TWO
BALL
LONN
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CLAREMONTROAD
SHIELDS ROAD
HAWTHORN TERRACE
NEW
GATE
ST
JOHN
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STMAIN STREET
ST NICHOLAS' ST
GREAT
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RTHRO
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PORTLANDROAD
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BARR
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BRIDGE STREET
WHICKHAM
VIEW
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STELLA ROAD
MAIN ROAD
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PERC
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B1313
B1307
B160
0
B6528
B1600
B1312
B1307
B1313
B1313
B1600
B1311
B131
8
B1600
B6317
B1305
B1307
B130
7
B6317
B6528
B1600
B1305
B1297
B1600
B6317
B6918
B6315 B1311
B6324
B1309
NEWBURN
ROAD
RAILWAY
ST
SHIELDS ROAD
PONTELAN
DRO
AD
CHURCH ROAD
BLAYDON HIG HWAY
WAVERDA
LEAVEN
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DERWENTHAUGH
R OA
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SPRI
NGFI
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ROAD
SHIELDS
ROAD
STAMFORDHAM ROAD
HADDR
ICKS
MIL
LRO
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FOSSWAY
STATION RD
BUDDLEST
WESTGATE ROAD
STAMFORDHAM
ROAD
BENTO
NRO
AD
MILLERS
RD
CITY ROAD
DENTO
NROAD
SCOTSWOOD ROAD
CHILLING
HAM
ROA
D
WEST ROAD
NEVILLE STREET
JESMOND DENE ROAD
HIGH STREET
BATH
STRE
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GRAN
DSTA
NDRO
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SCOTSWOOD ROAD
SCOTSWOOD ROAD
GRANDST
ANDRO
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LEMINGTON ROAD
WES
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RLA
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ROA
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BARRACK ROAD
HIGH STREET WEST
PONTELAND
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STATIONROAD
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BENTON PARK ROAD
SALTERS' ROAD
WEST ROAD
STAT
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ROAD
VICT
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WES
T
MAT
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CHURCH AVE
KENTON LANE
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WALKER ROAD
HIGH STREET EAST
NEW BRIDGE STREET
KENTON
RD
SILVER
LONNEN
KILLI NG
WO
RTH
RD
A6085
A186
A6085
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A193
A6085
A695
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A695
A191
A191
A167
A189
A191
A186
A186
A695
A186
A188
A193
A193
A191
A188
A186
A189
A6085
A186
A695
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A695
A6085
A188
A189
A1114
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A189
A186
A186
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A191
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A186
A185
A191
A191
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A167
A695
A186
A193
A186
A193
A189
A187
A191
PONTELANDROAD
ASKEW RD
COAST ROAD
COAST ROAD
COAST ROAD
A167
A1
A167
A69
A1
A167
A1058
A167
A1
A1058
A1058
A696
A167
A1
A167
A69
A1058
A1058
A69
A184
A167
A69
A167(M)
A16
7(M
)
Heddon Haugh
Friars Goose
Bank Top
Lemington
Heaton
Heddon-on-the-wall
Cowgate
St Peter's
Throckley
Blakelaw
Denton Burn
BattleField
Westerhope
Walker
Walkergate
Shield-field
Fenham
East Gateshead
Arthur's HillLow Walker
Byker
West Denton
Old Benwell
BrandlingVillage
Newburn
Benwell
Bigges Main
Walkerville
East Denton
St Lawrence
Walbottle
SpitalTongues
Gateshead
NEWCASTLEUPON TYNE
Wallsend
Hunter's Moor
Stella Wood
Pineglades
EnginePlantation
Tyne RiversideCountry Parkat Newburn
Bewes Hills
Jesmond Dene
Dukes Moor
JesmondVale
Clayton's Wood
SugleyDene
Paddy Freeman's Park
Blaydon Burn
Little Moor
CathousePlantation
Path Head Wood
Reigh Burn
Nuns Moor
Dewley Burn
Town Moor
R i v e r T y n e
R i v e r T y n e
Manors
WestJesmond
NewcastleCentral
Wallsend
Walkergate
ChillinghamRoad
Four LaneEnds
Jesmond
Longbenton
Blaydon
Haymarket
SouthGosforth
Byker
IlfordRoad
St JamesMonument
The Black Gate& Castle Keep
St NicholasCathedral
MillenniumBridge
NewcastleCollege
NewcastleUniversity Northumbria
University
Royal VictoriaInfirmary
Eldon SquareShopping
Centre
GatesheadInterchange
NewcastleUniversity
Library
NewcastleScience Central
St Mary’sCathedral
NewcastleShopping Park
NorthumbriaUniversity
City Campus East
GraingerMarket
St James’ ParkNUFC
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BENWELLRoman Temple
DENTONHALLTurret
SEGEDUNUMRoman Fort Centre
WallsendSEGEDUNUM
BenwellCONDERCUM
NewcastlePONS AELII
Approximate walking time
5 10 15 minutes0
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Mainline rail station
Bus interchange
Rapid transport station
BENWELLRoman Temple
Walk route
Wall
Fort / POI
Horatio Street
Sout
hBe
nwel
l Roa
d
New Mills
Hawks Road
Poole
y Road
CouttsRoad
Nor
thW
albo
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Road
Westbourne
Avenue
Neils
onRd
St Lawrence Road
KingsRoad
South
Heaton
RoadSk
innerburn
ScotswoodRd
Neptune
Rd
ScroggRoad
ScroggRoad
Warwick Street
ParkRoad
SkinnerburnRoad
Oakwell-
Wellington
Street
Quayside
Newton Road
WhitehouseRoad
Uni
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all R
oad
The
Gre
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New
bigg
inLa
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Gla
ssho
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Stre
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Armstrong Road
Melbourne Street
Stanhope Street
BenfieldRoad
Albion Row
Whi
teSt
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TheAvenue
Crossley Terrace
West Denton Way
Dean St
Grai
nger
Str
eet
NorthRoad
Etal Lane
StJo
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Road
LindenAvenue
Grange Road
Studley Terrace
Nun St
Bridge Street
RyeHill
Buddle Road
Richardson Road
Applet
reeGard
ens
Fisher Street
Trev
elya
nD
rive
St Thomas' Street
Wes
tFa
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Benwell Villa
ge
Titan Road
Stow
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West Street
Drove
Road
Peas
eAv
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Cedar Road
Penn Street
Roth
bury
Terr
ace
Tyne Main Road
Tyne View
Hadrian Road
Mill
Lane
Roman
Avenue
Station Road
Falc
onar
Stre
et
Sceptre Street
Clayton Road
Westmorland Road
Phili
phau
gh
St Anthony'sRoad
Ches
ter
Stre
et
Station Road
Ferguson's Lane
Wiltshire Gardens
Cragside
SuttonStreet
Welbeck Road
Win
grov
eRo
ad
Netherby Drive
NunsMoor Road
Dunn
St Michael's Road
Saltmeadows Road
Pilgrim Street
BathLane
LambtonStre
et
Hospital Lane
Osborne
Terr
Strawberry Place
Kingfisher Boulevard
GeorgeStreet
Clay
ton S
treet
BolamW
ay
Heaton Park View
Hillh
ead
Road
Water
Street
Walbottl
e Road
Commercial Road
Fenham Hall Drive
Market Street
Gloucester Road
Hodgkin
Park
Road
Stotts Road
Brig
hton
Gro
ve
Wharrier Street
BoydRoad
Howard Street
HighStreet
Newton
Road
Claremont Road
Que
enVi
ctor
iaRo
ad
Forrest Road
Bent
inck
Road
ParkRoad
BenfieldRoad
Sheraton Street
gate
ParkRoad
Hunter's Road
Road
Walter Terrace
CoachRoad
Pendower W
ay
BeechG
roveRoad
Blackrow Lane
Byro
nSt
reet
Slatyf
ord La
ne
Street
CLOSE
GIB
SON
STR
EET
ADELAIDE TERRACE
HIG
HSTREET
COLLEG
ESTREET
BENWELL LANE
TWO
BALL
LONN
EN
CLAREMONTROAD
SHIELDS ROAD
HAWTHORN TERRACE
NEW
GATE S
T
JOHN
DO
BSON
ST
MAIN STREET
ST NICHOLAS' ST
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NO
RTHRO
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ROA
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FORTH BANKS
CON
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ROA
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SAND
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UNIONROAD
GALLOWGATE
OSBO
RNE
ROA
D
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ORN
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HEXHAM ROAD
STODDART ST
BYKE
RBA
NK
PORTLANDROAD
WELBECKROAD
BARR
ASBR
BRIDGE STREET
WHICKHAM
VIEW
BOTH
AL
ST
SANDHILL
STAMFORDHAM ROAD
HIGH
STREET
QUAYSIDE
STELLA ROAD
MAIN ROAD
SAND
YFOR
DRO
AD
PERC
YST
REET
ELSWICK ROAD
OSBORNE ROAD
ATKI
NSO
NRO
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PONTELANDROAD
WO
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SID
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PON
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DRO
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STAMFORDHAMRD
CORPORATION ST
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NC E
CRAWH
ALL
ROAD
B1600
B1311
B1311
B130
5
B130
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B1318
B1312
B6528
B1318
B1307
B1318
B130
5
B1314
B631
5
B1313
B1307
B160
0
B6528
B1600
B1312
B1307
B1313
B1313
B1600
B1311
B131
8
B1600
B6317
B1305
B1307
B130
7
B6317
B6528
B1600
B1305
B1297
B1600
B6317
B6918
B6315 B1311
B6324
B1309
NEWBURN
ROAD
RAILWAY
ST
SHIELDS ROAD
PONTELAN
DRO
AD
CHURCH ROAD
BLAYDON HIG HWAY
WAVERDA
LEAVEN
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DERWENTHAUGH
R OA
D
SPRI
NGFI
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ROAD
SHIELDS
ROAD
STAMFORDHAM ROAD
HADDR
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MIL
LRO
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FOSSWAY
STATION RD
BUDDLEST
WESTGATE ROAD
STAMFORDHAM
ROAD
BENTO
NRO
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MILLERS
RD
CITY ROAD
DENTO
NROAD
SCOTSWOOD ROAD
CHILLING
HAM
ROA
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WEST ROAD
NEVILLE STREET
JESMOND DENE ROAD
HIGH STREET
BATH
STRE
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GRAN
DSTA
NDRO
AD
SCOTSWOOD ROAD
SCOTSWOOD ROAD
GRANDST
ANDRO
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SCOTSWOOD ROAD
NEPTU
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LEMINGTON ROAD
WES
TMO
RLA
ND
ROA
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BARRACK ROAD
HIGH STREET WEST
PONTELAND
ROAD
STATION
ROA
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STATIONROAD
BYKER BRIDGE
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BENTON PARK ROAD
SALTERS' ROAD
WEST ROAD
STAT
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ROAD
VICT
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WES
T
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BAN
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CHURCH AVE
KENTON LANE
CITY ROAD
RAILW
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WALKER ROAD
HIGH STREET EAST
NEW BRIDGE STREET
KENTON
RD
SILVER
LONNEN
KILLI NG
WO
RTH
RD
A6085
A186
A6085
A193
A193
A6085
A695
A186
A695
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A191
A167
A189
A191
A186
A186
A695
A186
A188
A193
A193
A191
A188
A186
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A6085
A186
A695
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A6085
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A1114
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A193
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PONTELANDROAD
ASKEW RD
COAST ROAD
COAST ROAD
COAST ROAD
A167
A1
A167
A69
A1
A167
A1058
A167
A1
A1058
A1058
A696
A167
A1
A167
A69
A1058
A1058
A69
A184
A167
A69
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A16
7(M
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Heddon Haugh
Friars Goose
Bank Top
Lemington
Heaton
Heddon-on-the-wall
Cowgate
St Peter's
Throckley
Blakelaw
Denton Burn
BattleField
Westerhope
Walker
Walkergate
Shield-field
Fenham
East Gateshead
Arthur's HillLow Walker
Byker
West Denton
Old Benwell
BrandlingVillage
Newburn
Benwell
Bigges Main
Walkerville
East Denton
St Lawrence
Walbottle
SpitalTongues
Gateshead
NEWCASTLEUPON TYNE
Wallsend
Hunter's Moor
Stella Wood
Pineglades
EnginePlantation
Tyne RiversideCountry Parkat Newburn
Bewes Hills
Jesmond Dene
Dukes Moor
JesmondVale
Clayton's Wood
SugleyDene
Paddy Freeman's Park
Blaydon Burn
Little Moor
CathousePlantation
Path Head Wood
Reigh Burn
Nuns Moor
Dewley Burn
Town Moor
R i v e r T y n e
R i v e r T y n e
Manors
WestJesmond
NewcastleCentral
Wallsend
Walkergate
ChillinghamRoad
Four LaneEnds
Jesmond
Longbenton
Blaydon
Haymarket
SouthGosforth
Byker
IlfordRoad
St JamesMonument
The Black Gate& Castle Keep
St NicholasCathedral
MillenniumBridge
NewcastleCollege
NewcastleUniversity Northumbria
University
Royal VictoriaInfirmary
Eldon SquareShopping
Centre
GatesheadInterchange
NewcastleUniversity
Library
NewcastleScience Central
St Mary’sCathedral
NewcastleShopping Park
NorthumbriaUniversity
City Campus East
GraingerMarket
St James’ ParkNUFC
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BENWELLRoman Temple
DENTONHALLTurret
SEGEDUNUMRoman Fort Centre
WallsendSEGEDUNUM
BenwellCONDERCUM
NewcastlePONS AELII
Approximate walking time
5 10 15 minutes0
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Mainline rail station
Bus interchange
Rapid transport station
BENWELLRoman Temple
Walk route
Wall
Fort / POI
Approximate walking time
5 10 15 0
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Mainline rail station
Bus interchange
Rapid transport station
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Walk route
Wall
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ROMAN NEWCASTLE
The best view of the layout of Roman Newcastle is obtained from the top of the Norman castle keep of c.1175. Both the Norman Castle and the Roman fort beneath it stood on a tongue of land high above the river. The Roman bridge across the Tyne, the Pons Aelius, ‘Hadrian’s Bridge’, which gives Newcastle its Roman name, lay on the site of the small Swing Bridge, just W of the elevated Tyne Bridge. There was no Roman fort at Newcastle when the Wall was first
built. Possibly the Tyne crossing was guarded by a pre-existing fort at Gateshead on the south side of the river; there was certainly Roman settlement there, found in the 1990s on the site of the Hilton Hotel which dominates the view on the Gateshead side. A small fort was added on the Newcastle side in the late-second or early-third century. This lies directly beneath the Castle Garth and has been partly excavated, but its plan is only known in disconnected fragments.
In the paving around the keep the outlines of some of the Roman buildings (headquarters building, commanding officer’s house and granaries) have been marked out in cobble stones. The unit attested at Newcastle in AD 213 was the First Cohort of Cugerni (originally recruited in northern Germany). The fort was occupied into the early years of the fifth century.
Left: View from Castle Keep to site of Roman bridge
Below: The Roman bridge at Newcastle probably had an elegant arched structure like this excavated bridge at Chesters, on Hadrian’s Wall © English Heritage
Below: Plan of Newcastle fort
Right: Roman buildings from top of keep
Wall-walkers visiting Newcastle should not miss the Great North Museum: Hancock, one mile N of the Castle Garth, in the University area (nearest Metro station: Haymarket). Admission is free and the museum contains the most important collection of inscribed and sculptured stones and other finds from Hadrian’s Wall www.greatnorthmuseum.org.uk
Newcastle was the original starting point for Hadrian’s Wall (the length of narrower wall running E to Wallsend being an addition). All the way from Newcastle W to Heddon-on-the-Wall, the Wall, where its width has been measured, is to the original 10 foot broad width. Presumably the Broad Wall originally started at the Roman bridge, but the route by which it descended from the high ground where the Castle stands to the river below is unknown. The nearest sighting of the Wall has been at Cooper’s Studios, 140m W of the Castle Keep.
Inscription from the Roman bridge at Newcastle (courtesy Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and Great North Museum: Hancock).
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View of roman buildings from top of keep
GETTING BETWEEN NEWCASTLE AND BENWELL
The Wall itself always lies beneath or very close to the busy modern road W out of Newcastle (the A186), a legacy of the construction of a new military road between Newcastle and Carlisle in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, which utilised the line of the Wall and levelled it for hardcore.
Westgate Road (A186) begins or ends (depending on direction of walk) immediately in front the Black Gate, the thirteenth-century castle gatehouse.
Follow the row of railway viaduct arches (now converted to small business use) on the S side of the road. Remains of Roman
civilian settlement and a cemetery have been found S of here.
The Wall was found beneath Cooper’s Studios (N side) in 2004. The S face of the Wall (found here in 1952) is marked in concrete in front of the Mining Institute (S side): there is a plaque on the wall of the building.
At the monument to George Stephenson, ‘the Father of Railways’, walkers from E-W take the R fork at the Stephenson Monument to follow Westgate Road out of town; walkers from W-E take the R fork at the Stephenson Monument to follow Westgate Road to the Castle and site of Newcastle Roman Fort.
In the city centre a few remnants may be seen of Milecastle 4, found in 1985 at theArts Centre at 67-75 Westgate Road (S side of the road); go through the arch and turn R into the courtyard.
All the way up Westgate Hill the Wall probably lies under the S side of the road or under the buildings on the S side. It has never been seen here in modern times. The positions of Milecastles 5 and 6 are unknown.
Just E of Benwell fort the foundations of the Wall have been seen under the centre of the road and the ditch has been found just N of the N pavement in the grounds of the Westgate Centre for Sport and City Learning Centre.
Wall at Mining Institute when found in 1952
Roman road running behind the Wall (the Military Way) found by WallQuest at Hadrian School, just W of Benwell Fort
Horatio Street
Sout
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New Mills
Hawks Road
Poole
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CouttsRoad
Nor
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albo
ttle
Road
Westbourne
Avenue
Neils
onRd
St Lawrence Road
KingsRoad
South
Heaton
Road
Skinnerb
urn
ScotswoodRd
Neptune
Rd
ScroggRoad
ScroggRoad
Warwick Street
ParkRoad
SkinnerburnRoad
Oakwell-
Wellington Street
Quayside
Newton Road
WhitehouseRoad
Uni
onH
all R
oad
The
Gre
en
New
bigg
inLa
ne
Gla
ssho
use
Stre
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Armstrong Road
Melbourne Street
Stanhope Street
BenfieldRoad
Albion Row
Whi
teSt
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TheAvenue
Crossley Terrace
West Denton Way
Dean St
Grai
nger
Str
eet
NorthRoad
Etal Lane
StJo
hn's
Roa
d
LindenAvenue
Grange Road
Studley Terrace
Nun St
BridgeStreet
Rye Hill
Buddle Road
Richardson Road
Applet
reeGard
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Fisher Street
Trev
elya
nD
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St Thomas' Street
Wes
tFa
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Benwell Villa
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Titan Road
Stow
ell S
tree
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West Street
Drove
Road
Peas
eAv
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Cedar Road
Penn Street
Roth
bury
Terr
ace
Tyne Main Road
Tyne View
Hadrian Road
Mill
Lan
e
Roman
AvenueStation Road
Falc
onar
Stre
et
Sceptre Street
Clayton Road
Westmorland Road
Phili
phau
gh
St Anthony'sRoad
Ches
ter
Stre
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Station Road
Ferguson's Lane
Wiltshire Gardens
Cragside
SuttonStreet
Welbeck Road
Win
grov
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ad
Netherby Drive
NunsMoor Road
Dunn
St Michael's Road
Saltmeadows Road
Pilgrim Street
Bath Lane
LambtonStre
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Hospital Lane
Osborne
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Strawberry Place
Kingfisher Boulevard
GeorgeStreet
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Heddon Haugh
Friars Goose
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Lemington
Heaton
Heddon-on-the-wall
Cowgate
St Peter's
Throckley
Blakelaw
Denton Burn
BattleField
Westerhope
Walker
Walkergate
Shield-field
Fenham
East Gateshead
Arthur's HillLow Walker
Byker
West Denton
Old Benwell
BrandlingVillage
Newburn
Benwell
Bigges Main
Walkerville
East Denton
St Lawrence
Walbottle
SpitalTongues
Gateshead
NEWCASTLEUPON TYNE
Wallsend
Hunter's Moor
Stella Wood
Pineglades
EnginePlantation
Tyne RiversideCountry Parkat Newburn
Bewes Hills
Jesmond Dene
Dukes Moor
JesmondVale
Clayton's Wood
SugleyDene
Paddy Freeman's Park
Blaydon Burn
Little Moor
CathousePlantation
Path Head Wood
Reigh Burn
Nuns Moor
Dewley Burn
Town Moor
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R i v e r T y n e
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WestJesmond
NewcastleCentral
Wallsend
Walkergate
ChillinghamRoad
Four LaneEnds
Jesmond
Longbenton
Blaydon
Haymarket
SouthGosforth
Byker
IlfordRoad
St JamesMonument
The Black Gate& Castle Keep
St NicholasCathedral
MillenniumBridge
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NewcastleUniversity Northumbria
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Royal VictoriaInfirmary
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Centre
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NewcastlePONS AELII
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BENWELLRoman Temple
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Approximate walking time
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BENWELLRoman Temple
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Fort / POIAppROX WAlkiNG TimE iN miNUTES
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Benwell fort is three miles from Newcastle, where the road (known here as West Road) reaches its highest point. The Roman name for Benwell was Condercum, which means‘the place with a fine view’. The fort was built about AD 124 and occupied until the end of the Roman period, in the early AD 400s. For over 200 years of that time it was the home of a cavalry regiment of Asturians, originally recruited in Spain. The part of the fort which projected N of the Wall is obliterated by a reservoir (a radio mast stands at the NW corner of the fort). A locksmith’s business, the entrance to the residential street Denhill Park, and a Jobcentre now occupy the central part of the fort. The southern part was covered by houses in 1937, when a hurried but brilliant rescue excavation recovered something of the fort plan.
Two excavated Roman structures are on display at Benwell: the
gated crossing of the Vallum (the Roman earthwork running parallel to and S of the Wall), 60m S of the fort (walk down from West Road to the bottom of Denhill Park and obtain key from nearby house), found in 1933, and the Temple of Antenociticus, SE of the fort in Broomridge Avenue (turn S into Weidner Road, sharp R into Spring Hill Gardens, and sharp L into Broomridge Avenue; the temple is on the L).
This little temple (found in 1862) was dedicated to an otherwise unknown Celtic deity, parts of whose cult statue (see cover) can be seen in the Great North Museum: Hancock at Newcastle. It attracted a high class of worshipper: one of
the altar inscriptions (these are casts, the originals are in the Great North Museum) records the gratitude of a cavalry commander, Tineus Longus, for his promotion to the rank of senator.
BENWELL FORT
Top: Reconstruction of Benwell Fort and vicus
Above: Temple of Antenociticus
Left: Photo of fort under excavation in 1937Engraving of altar of Tineus Longus,
from the temple of Antenociticus
GETTING BETWEEN BENWELL AND MILECASTLE 9
The ground falls steeply away from Benwell fort to the W. Just near the roundabout E of the Fox & Hounds pub the antiquary Robert Shafto recorded the remains of a turret. The position of Milecastle 7 is unknown.
The modern road here runs slightly N of the Wall. There is a fake piece of Wall in forecourt of Jet petrol station (against E
gable end of Solomons Indian Restaurant), and substantial fragment of real Broad Wall just W of Solomons, by Kwikfit garage. This last was until recent excavations at Wallsend the ‘first extant fragment’ from the E. The Wall crossed Denton Burn 40mW of this fragment.
Turret 7B and a good stretch of Broad Wall are visible on S side of the road immediately E of A1 Bypass. The turret was excavated in 1929. Denton Hall of 1622 can be glimpsed on the N side of the road.
The Wall fragment by Kwikfit garage, as it looked in 1802
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Heaton
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Cowgate
St Peter's
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Blakelaw
Denton Burn
BattleField
Westerhope
Walker
Walkergate
Shield-field
Fenham
East Gateshead
Arthur's HillLow Walker
Byker
West Denton
Old Benwell
BrandlingVillage
Newburn
Benwell
Bigges Main
Walkerville
East Denton
St Lawrence
Walbottle
SpitalTongues
Gateshead
NEWCASTLEUPON TYNE
Wallsend
Hunter's Moor
Stella Wood
Pineglades
EnginePlantation
Tyne RiversideCountry Parkat Newburn
Bewes Hills
Jesmond Dene
Dukes Moor
JesmondVale
Clayton's Wood
SugleyDene
Paddy Freeman's Park
Blaydon Burn
Little Moor
CathousePlantation
Path Head Wood
Reigh Burn
Nuns Moor
Dewley Burn
Town Moor
R i v e r T y n e
R i v e r T y n e
Manors
WestJesmond
NewcastleCentral
Wallsend
Walkergate
ChillinghamRoad
Four LaneEnds
Jesmond
Longbenton
Blaydon
Haymarket
SouthGosforth
Byker
IlfordRoad
St JamesMonument
The Black Gate& Castle Keep
St NicholasCathedral
MillenniumBridge
NewcastleCollege
NewcastleUniversity Northumbria
University
Royal VictoriaInfirmary
Eldon SquareShopping
Centre
GatesheadInterchange
NewcastleUniversity
Library
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DENTONHALLTurret
SEGEDUNUMRoman Fort Centre
WallsendSEGEDUNUM
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NewcastlePONS AELII
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5 10 15 minutes0
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BENWELLRoman Temple
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Fort / POI
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E TO W: From Turret 7B walk W towards the A1 bypass roundabout and negotiate the subway/bridge to cross the A1. Take the L fork at the end of the bridge to emerge on the S side of the A69 heading W, where a further stretch of Broad Wall is displayed. From here the course of the Wall runs obliquely across the A69, reaching the other side at the W of the two footbridges. Milecastle 8 lay halfway between the two footbridges, its site now under the S track of the dual carriageway. It guarded the Sugely Burn, which the Wall crossed by means of a stone culvert.
At ‘the Ramparts’ a detour S along Southway leads to Wallington Drive (second R) where there is a preserved stretch of theVallum, with crossings, inserted later in theRoman period, visible.
Cross the A69 by the second footbridge and turn W along Roman Way. Having made a slight change of alignment at the footbridge the Wall lay under the S verge of Roman Way but has probably been entirely destroyed by the insertion of the dual carriageway. Reaching the roundabout at the top of the hill continue straight on across Hillhead Road and along Westlands. At the end of Westlands (with ‘The Chesters’ to the R) turn L onto the footbridge across the A69. This comes out opposite a bus stop. Cross the road and turn R to find the site of Milecastle 9, a faint mound in the field just short of Blucher village. You now rejoin the line of the 18th-century Military Road on top of the Wall which can be followed all the way to Heddon-on-the-Wall.
Between Turret 7B and Milecastle 9 the line of the eighteenth century Military Road and the remains of the Wall were heavily disturbed by the E-W A69 dual carriageway, built in the 1970s. Just W of Turret 7B the line of the Wall is also crossed by the A1 Newcastle bypass, opened in 1990. Although the bypass destroyed a length of the Wall and the Vallum, these were recorded in a rescue excavation and fully published.
GETTING BETWEEN BENWELL AND MILECASTLE 9
W TO E: Walking E from Milecastle 9, take the steps on the N side of the road immediately after the bus shelter on the R. The steps lead to a footbridge crossing the A69 and rejoining the line of the Wall at ‘the Chesters’. Turn R to follow the line of the Wall along Westlands, and at the roundabout cross Hillhead Rd and continue straight on along ‘Roman Way’. The Wall lay under the S verge of Westlands/Roman Way but has probably been entirely destroyed by the insertion of the dual carriageway. At the first footbridge the Wall made a slight change of alignment to run obliquely across the A69, reaching the S side at the E of the two footbridges. Milecastle 8 lay halfway between the two footbridges, its site now under the S track of the dual carriageway. It guarded the Sugely Burn, which the Wall crossed by means of a stone culvert. Cross the W footbridge and head E along the S side of the A69. After the E footbridge a stretch of Broad Wall is displayed.
At ‘the Ramparts’ a detour S along Southway leads to Wallington Drive (second R) where there is a preserved stretch of the Vallum, with crossings, inserted later in the Roman period, visible.
At the A1 bypass roundabout negotiate the subway/bridge to cross the A1. Take the R fork at the end of the bridge to emerge on the S side of the A69 heading E, where you will immediately find a well-preserved stretch of Broad Wall and Turret 7B.
Denton Turret 7B
Site of Milecastle 9 (Blucher village)
20 21
The Wall lies beneath the B6528 all the way.
W of Blucher village the Vallum is clearly visible in the fields to the S. Milecastle 10 is at Dene House, on the E side of the steep valley of Walbottle Dene.
Milecastle 11 has not been precisely located but stood at Throckley Bank Top (see the Working Men’s Club on S side of road).
Between Throckley and Heddon a utilities trench in the road led in 2002 to the discovery of emplacements for timber obstacles in the space between the Wall and its ditch running for a distance of over one kilometre. Like the obstacles at Byker, E of Newcastle, this discovery confirms that the Wall was designed to be a defensible structure, and is one of the most important contributions that excavations on Tyneside have made to the study of the Wall in recent years.
Between Throckley and Heddon the Vallum is often visible in the fields S of the road, and the ditch on the N side. Immediately E of Heddon-on-the-Wall village a splendid length of Broad Wall is avoided by the road and stands 1.52m (5’) high. Milecastle 12 (not visible) lies just W at Town Farm.
GETTING BETWEEN MILECASTLE 9 (BLUCHER VILLAGE) AND HEDDON-ON-THE-WALL
Above: Remains of Wall at Heddon
Right: The ruins of the Wall at Heddon as depicted in the mid-1800s
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Stanhope Street
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West Denton Way
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Nun St
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Buddle Road
Richardson Road
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Station Road
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Sceptre Street
Clayton Road
Westmorland Road
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Ches
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Station Road
Ferguson's Lane
Wiltshire Gardens
Cragside
SuttonStreet
Welbeck Road
Win
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Netherby Drive
NunsMoor Road
Dunn
St Michael's Road
Saltmeadows Road
PilgrimStreet
BathLane
LambtonStre
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Hospital Lane
Osborne
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Kingfisher Boulevard
GeorgeStreet
Clay
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Hillh
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Water
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Commercial Road
Fenham Hall Drive
Market Street
Gloucester Road
Hodgkin
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Stotts Road
Brig
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Wharrier Street
BoydRoad
Howard Street
HighStreet
Newton
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Claremont Road
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Heddon Haugh
Friars Goose
Bank Top
Lemington
Heaton
Heddon-on-the-wall
Cowgate
St Peter's
Throckley
Blakelaw
Denton Burn
BattleField
Westerhope
Walker
Walkergate
Shield-field
Fenham
East Gateshead
Arthur's HillLow Walker
Byker
West Denton
Old Benwell
BrandlingVillage
Newburn
Benwell
Bigges Main
Walkerville
East Denton
St Lawrence
Walbottle
SpitalTongues
Gateshead
NEWCASTLEUPON TYNE
Wallsend
Hunter's Moor
Stella Wood
Pineglades
EnginePlantation
Tyne RiversideCountry Parkat Newburn
Bewes Hills
Jesmond Dene
Dukes Moor
JesmondVale
Clayton's Wood
SugleyDene
Paddy Freeman's Park
Blaydon Burn
Little Moor
CathousePlantation
Path Head Wood
Reigh Burn
Nuns Moor
Dewley Burn
Town Moor
R i v e r T y n e
R i v e r T y n e
Manors
WestJesmond
NewcastleCentral
Wallsend
Walkergate
ChillinghamRoad
Four LaneEnds
Jesmond
Longbenton
Blaydon
Haymarket
SouthGosforth
Byker
IlfordRoad
St JamesMonument
The Black Gate& Castle Keep
St NicholasCathedral
MillenniumBridge
NewcastleCollege
NewcastleUniversity Northumbria
University
Royal VictoriaInfirmary
Eldon SquareShopping
Centre
GatesheadInterchange
NewcastleUniversity
Library
NewcastleScience Central
St Mary’sCathedral
NewcastleShopping Park
NorthumbriaUniversity
City Campus East
GraingerMarket
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BENWELLRoman Temple
DENTONHALLTurret
SEGEDUNUMRoman Fort Centre
WallsendSEGEDUNUM
BenwellCONDERCUM
NewcastlePONS AELII
Approximate walking time
5 10 15 minutes0
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Mainline rail station
Bus interchange
Rapid transport station
BENWELLRoman Temple
Walk route
Wall
Fort / POI
Approximate walking time
5 10 15 0
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Bus interchange
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BENWELLRoman Temple
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The village of Heddon is the point where walkers from W-E decide whether to follow the Hadrian’s Wall National Trail down to the river Tyne or whether to follow the route along the actual line of the Wall through the urban areas offered in this guide.
Walkers from E to W should turn L onto Towne Gate from the W end of the displayed Wall, turn R just before the Women’s Institute and follow a track down to where Towne Gate meets the Hexham Road. Take the B6138 running behind the Three Tuns (signposted Harlow Hill) to follow the National Trail westwards.
This booklet is intended as a simple guide to a walking route and to point out the main visible and buried Roman remains along the way. For more background and information on individual sites, see the following list.
GUidE TO fURTHER iNfORmATiON ANd REAdiNG
Paul Bidwell, Hadrian’s Wall 1989–1999: a summary of recent excavations and research (Carlisle, 1999)
David Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall (14th edn, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2006)
David Breeze and Brian Dobson, Hadrian’s Wall (4th edn, London, 2000)
Anthony Burton, Hadrian’s Wall Path: National Trail Guide (London, 2016)
David Heslop, ‘The Roman Imperial Frontier’, in Graves, C.P. and Heslop, D., Newcastle upon Tyne, The Eye of the North: An Archaeological Assessment (Oxford, 2013), 31-64
Nick Hodgson (ed), Hadrian’s Wall 1999 – 2009: a summary of recent excavation and research (Kendal, 2009)
G.R.B. Spain, F.G. Simpson, and R.C. Bosanquet, ‘The Roman Frontier from Wallsend to Rudchester Burn’, in Northumberland County History vol. XIII, (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1930) 484-564
An Archaeological Map of Hadrian’s Wall (English Heritage, revised edition, 2014)
HEDDON-ON-THE-WALL FURTHER INFORMATION
Remains of Vallum running behind Wall at Heddon looking W
Graffiti on samian ware from Benwell - inscribed with names Julius and Januarius
Approximate walking time
5 10 15 0
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2015Map designed by Oxford Cartographers 98045 E&OE
Mainline rail station
Bus interchange
Rapid transport station
BENWELLRoman Temple
Walk route
Wall
Fort / POI
Approximate walking time
5 10 15 0
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2015Map designed by Oxford Cartographers 98045 E&OE
Mainline rail station
Bus interchange
Rapid transport station
BENWELLRoman Temple
Walk route
Wall
Fort / POI
kEy TO mApS
WAlk ROUTE
WAll
fORT/pOiNT Of iNTEREST
mAiNliNE RAil STATiONS
mETRO STATiONS
BUS iNTERcHANGE
Photographs on cover background and pages 3-5, 7, 9, 11-13, 18-20, 22 by Graeme Peacock Text by Nick Hodgson Design by r//evolution
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HOW TO GET iNvOlvEd
If you want to get involved in the archaeology of Hadrian’s
Wall or the north-east in general, consider joining the Arbeia
Society or the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Information can be found at: www.newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk
www.arbsoc.co.uk
www.hadrianswallquest.co.uk
AckNOWlEdGEmENTS
This guide has been made possible by research carried out by local residents as part of the community archaeology project, WallQuest: Hadrian’s Wall and its legacy on Tyneside, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Make Your Mark, the Esmé Fairbairn Foundation, the Sir James Knott Trust, the Banks Community fund, the Earthwatch Institute, and the R.W. Mann Trust. Volunteers of the Hadrian’s Wall Community Champions project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, have trialled the route and help turn the research into a practical guide.
R.W. MANN
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