Hadrian's Wall, West Denton Hall to Chapel House (Wall mile 8)
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Description
Most of the course of the Wall in this mile is under the dual carriageway which forms the eastern end of the Throckley bypass. However, the upper fills of the Wall ditch were observed during evaluation at Westlands, West Denton in 2003, suggesting a more southernly line for the ditch than that shown on Ordnance Survey maps. Sugley Burn passed under the wall in a culvert seen by the antiquarian Bruce. Turret 8a was not securely located in 1928. The Vallum has now been largely built over or filled in, but was sectioned in 1961 near West Denton School and can be seen as a hollow to the west of the roundabout at the north end of Union Hall Road. A watching brief during house building west of West Denton Hall in 1977 produced no finds. The Military Way was located in 1961 near West Denton School and in 1929 32 yards south of Milecastle 9. ... -
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