A turret or milecastle was built every Roman mile (1.48km) along Hadrian's Wall, and the one at Denton Hall is named "7B". The turrets would have been two storeys high and looked over the wall at the land beyond for defense purposes to protect the northern-most border of the Roman empire. The wall would have been over 4 meters tall, and the northern side would have contained a ditch and earthworks (vallum) and then stacked with twisted branches to form an additional defense. The Denton area of Newcastle contains a stretch of wall foundations next to the road and bordering homes and the ruins of one of the turrets or milecastles.
Below is the section of wall with the turret at the Denton Hall location.
The below section of wall borders the road, and it is located at Denton West.
For additional Hadrian's Wall posts, see:
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