Walking Hadrian's Wall on Tyneside

Walking Hadrian’s Wall on Tyneside THE ROUTE THROUGH THE URBAN AREAS

1 Dinnington Wideopen Burradon Earsdon PONTELAND Backworth A696 Prestwick HAZLERIGG A186 A1056 ShiremoorShiremoor Newcastle Darras Hall Northumberland Shiremoor Airport KILLINGWORTH Park A189

Medburn High Callerton Callerton Parkway Woolsington A1 Palmersville Black Callerton A19 Kingston Wansbeck LONGBENTON A191 Park Road A696 Benton Bank Fawdon Longbenton Foot Regent Four Lane Ends Centre

GOSFORTH South A191 Ilford Gosforth HEDDON-ON- Road Willington THE-WALL Throckley A69 A188 A1058 Howdon A189 Hadrian WALLSEND Road 6 A1 West HEATON Jesmond A193 Wallsend1 A191 A167 Walkergate NEWBURN Chillingham 5 Road WYLAM A187 HEBBURN A6085 NEWCASTLE Byker Walker 4 A193 Hebburn A186 UPON TYNE Wylam Byker RYTON Manors Station 2 Newcastle Crawcrook Blaydon A185 3 Monkton BLAYDON A1 A695 GATESHEAD MetroCentre A1114 Gateshead Greenside A184 Stadium Pelaw Dunston Felling

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Sunniside Dinnington Wideopen Burradon Earsdon PONTELAND Backworth A696 Prestwick HAZLERIGG A186 A1056 A GUIDE FOR WALKERS, VISITORS AND LOCAL PEOPLE ShiremoorShiremoor Newcastle Darras Hall Northumberland Shiremoor Airport KILLINGWORTH Park A189

Medburn High Callerton Callerton The Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail of steep river valleys. Many of the most The distance covered is Parkway Woolsington A1 Palmersville Black Callerton (opened in 2003) avoids the actual line important archaeological discoveries about A19 around 12 miles (19km), just Kingston Wansbeck LONGBENTON A191 of Hadrian’s Wall through the urban areas the Wall in recent times have been made Park Road about walkable in a day, A696 Benton of Tyneside, instead taking a riverside route in excavations in urban Tyneside, and the Bank Fawdon Longbenton Foot Regent Four Lane Ends although most walkers Centre for the 12 miles between the eastern end area contains three of the major garrison will prefer to break the GOSFORTH South of the Wall at Wallsend and Heddon-on- forts of Hadrian’s Wall. This guide offers a A191 Ilford Gosforth journey in Newcastle. HEDDON-ON- Road Willington the-Wall. safe and practical route which runs as close THE-WALL Throckley A69 A188 A1058 Howdon as possible to the sites of these discoveries A189 Hadrian Visitors and residents with a real WALLSEND Road and the actual line of the Wall. A1 West HEATON Jesmond A193 archaeological interest in the Wall will want Wallsend

A191 A167 Walkergate to follow the actual route the Wall took, NEWBURN Chillingham and there are good reasons for doing so. WYLAM Road A187 HEBBURN The Wall has left its legacy in the street plan A6085 NEWCASTLE Byker Walker A193 Hebburn A186 UPON TYNE of Newcastle, especially the straight West Wylam RYTON Byker Manors Station Road out of the city, and Shields Road in Newcastle the eastern suburb of Byker. Although the Crawcrook Blaydon A185 Monkton Roman remains are mostly invisible beneath BLAYDON A1 A695 GATESHEAD the modern streetscape, there are places MetroCentre A1114 Gateshead Greenside A184 Stadium Pelaw where they can be seen, and there is much Dunston Felling

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Sunniside 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.

The Wall was started to a width of 10 Roman At every Roman mile was a small fort which Feet (RF) (3m) and was originally some functioned as a fortified gateway through 20 feet (6m high), almost certainly with a the Wall - a ‘milecastle’. Between every walkway and battlements along the top. The two milecastles were two towers (‘turrets’). 10 foot wide ‘Broad Wall’ only occurs W of Major garrison forts, for full Roman army Newcastle. Between Newcastle and Wallsend units, also occur along the Wall, some 15 in the Wall is narrow (2.4m wide) - this stretch all. In our stretch there are three: Wallsend, was a slightly later addition. 6m (20RF) Newcastle and Benwell, each of which had a in front of the Wall ran a great V-shaped civilian settlement (vicus) outside its walls. Wall-forts, milecastles and turrets. Along this ditch, generally over 8m wide and up to 3m To the rear of the Wall (but not E of corridor, between the Wall and the Vallum, deep. The wide space between the Wall Newcastle), was a linear earthwork, the so- there ran a Roman road, the main means of and its ditch was a deliberate measure to called Vallum. This was a flat-bottomed ditch, communication and supply, known as ‘the provide space for extra obstacles - sharpened 6m wide and 3m deep, with a substantially Military Way’. Apart from a brief period in AD branches set in pits - a previously unknown built mound to either side. This formidable 140-60 when the Romans advanced to the element of the Wall, seen for the first time in obstacle demarcated and presumably secured Antonine Wall in Scotland, Hadrian’s Wall was recent years in excavations on Tyneside. the southern edge of the military zone of the continuously held by the Roman army for

4 three hundred years, until Rome lost control of Britain in the early fifth century.

Hadrian’s Wall was originally inscribed as a WALKERS PLEASE NOTE World Heritage Site in 1987. Today, Hadrian’s Wall is part of the transnational Frontiers Traditionally the Wall is described from E to W. of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, Many modern day Wall-walkers travel from W inscribed in 2005 and currently comprising to E, so the guide is organised as a series of stages Hadrian’s Wall, the German Limes (frontier which can be read in reverse, from W to E, as well as from E to W. line) and the Antonine Wall in Scotland. 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.

5 WALLSEND ROMAN FORT (Segedunum) 1

The fort at the E end of The reconstructed baths are not on the site The Roman fort and supply base at the mouth the Wall was situated to of the original Roman building, which was of the Tyne at South Shields, on the other side command magnificent views discovered by the WallQuest community of the river (www.arbeiaromanfort.org.uk) along two straight stretches archaeology project in 2014, 120m closer to can be visited from Wallsend by taking the of the river Tyne. the river. At the time of writing plans were Metro from the Wallsend Metro station to being made to display the Roman baths North Shields and taking the pedestrian ferry Built under Hadrian around AD 124 it housed to the public. to South Shields (approximately 1 hour from a 500 strong cohort of mixed infantry and site to site). cavalry, for most of the Roman period the At the SE corner of the fort can be seen Fourth Cohort of Lingones, originally raised remains of the ‘Branch Wall’, the very last in eastern France. The fort was completely portion of Hadrian’s Wall which ran down built over in the late nineteenth century, but into the river Tyne, probably terminating in revealed again in excavation campaigns a magnificent monument to commemorate in 1975-84 and 1997-8 which mean it has the decision of the emperor Hadrian to build the most completely known plan of any the Wall. Wall-fort. The modern highway (Buddle Walkers starting at Wallsend and following Street) bisects the fort, but its outlines are the actual line of the Wall, rather than the marked out on both sides of the road. National Trail path along the river, should Above: The original Roman baths There is a modern museum housing the proceed W from the entrance to the museum under excavation in 2014 finds excavated from the fort and a carpark, along Buddle Street. Right: Plan of fort reconstruction of the fort baths. Top right: Richardson painting of the site in 1848 (Laing Art Gallery) for further information go to: Far right: The same view today www.segedunumromanfort.org.uk with the displayed fort site

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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 Above: Stukeley’s view taken from the evidence of collapse and rebuilding in the site of the roundabout looking along Roman period, was being prepared for what is now Shields Road in 1723 Left: same view as it would have display at the time of writing. appeared in Roman times

From E to W the walking route goes straight Milecastle 2 was probably in the vicinity of Reconstructed Wall at Buddle on at the roundabouts and follows: Buddle Tunstall Avenue, W of the Brough Park dog Street St (A186) - Neptune Rd (A186) - Maurice Rd racing track (S side). The N face of the Wall (A186) - Fossway (A187). For a mile W of has been seen under the fence just S of the Wallsend fort the Wall runs under buildings pavement between Brough Park and to the N of this route, converging with the Tunstall Avenue. Fossway just W of Miller’s Dene recreation At the W end of Fossway and the E end of ground, probable site of Milecastle 1. Just Shields Road the big roundabout at Byker W of the Turbinia pub (S side) the Wall-line Hill is the probable site of Turret 2A. Cross is indicated in the pavement on N side as it via the Shell petrol station. converges with Fossway.

8 Ouseburn Valley

At Union Rd (E end of Shields Rd) the piece Top left: Wall and obstacles under of Hadrian’s Wall displayed outside the excavation in 2000 E wall of the cycle shop is not real and is Top middle: Wall displayed at Library/Pool forecourt, Shields Road about 20m N of the true line. Top right: How the Wall and its Follow S side of Shields Road (B1312). frontal obstacles may have looked 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 getting through the ouseburn valley of a defensive system of timber obstacles OUSEBURN VALLEY E TO W: turn L at Morrisons Superstore, cross A193 by Kentucky in the space between the Wall and Ditch Fried Chicken (pedestrian crossing), and then follow A193 W; turn L at E end of Byker found here for the first time in 2000. Bridge to descend via the Cumberland Arms into the Ouseburn Valley. Cross the river The next major feature is the Ouseburn just L of the farm. From the Ship Pub, leave the valley by Stepney Bank. Valley (where the Wall crossed the burn OUSEBURN VALLEY W TO E descend Stepney Bank into the Ouseburn valley. near the Ouseburn Farm). Milecastle 3 lay Pass the Ship pub on L and cross the river just R of the farm. Climb up via the in the vicinity of the BP station on the E Cumberland Arms on E side of Valley to cross over the main A193 (pedestrian crossing side of the valley at E end of Shields Road, near Kentucky Fried Chicken. Bear to the R of the BP station to Morrisons Superstore and appears in a drawing of 1723 by the at W end of Shields Road. antiquary Stukeley.

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The best view of the layout of Roman built. Possibly the Tyne crossing was guarded In the paving around the keep the outlines of Newcastle is obtained from the top of the by a pre-existing fort at Gateshead on the some of the Roman buildings (headquarters Norman castle keep of c.1175. Both the south side of the river; there was certainly building, commanding officer’s house and Norman Castle and the Roman fort beneath Roman settlement there, found in the granaries) have been marked out in cobble it stood on a tongue of land high above the 1990s on the site of the Hilton Hotel which stones. The unit attested at Newcastle in river. The Roman bridge across the Tyne, the dominates the view on the Gateshead side. AD 213 was the First Cohort of Cugerni Pons Aelius, ‘Hadrian’s Bridge’, which gives A small fort was added on the Newcastle (originally recruited in northern Germany). Newcastle its Roman name, lay on the site side in the late-second or early-third century. The fort was occupied into the early years of of the small Swing Bridge, just W of the This lies directly beneath the Castle Garth the fifth century. elevated Tyne Bridge. There was no Roman and has been partly excavated, but its plan is fort at Newcastle when the Wall was first only known in disconnected fragments. 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

12 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: Below: Plan of Haymarket). Admission is free and the Newcastle fort museum contains the most important Right: Roman collection of inscribed and sculptured stones buildings from top of keep 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 Inscription from been measured, is to the original 10 foot the Roman bridge broad width. Presumably the Broad Wall at Newcastle originally started at the Roman bridge, but (courtesy Society of Antiquaries of the route by which it descended from the Newcastle upon Tyne high ground where the Castle stands to the and Great North Museum: Hancock). river below is unknown. The nearest sighting of the Wall has been at Cooper’s Studios, 140m W of the Castle Keep.

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At the monument to George Stephenson, All the way up Westgate Hill the Wall ‘the Father of Railways’, walkers from probably lies under the S side of the road E-W take the R fork at the Stephenson or under the buildings on the S side. Monument to follow Westgate Road out It has never been seen here in modern of town; walkers from W-E take the R fork times. The positions of Milecastles 5 and at the Stephenson Monument to follow 6 are unknown. Westgate Road to the Castle and site of Just E of Benwell fort the foundations of Newcastle Roman Fort. Wall at Mining Institute the Wall have been seen under the centre when found in 1952 In the city centre a few remnants may be of the road and the ditch has been found seen of Milecastle 4, found in 1985 at the just N of the N pavement in the grounds Arts Centre at 67-75 Westgate Road (S side of the Westgate Centre for Sport and City of the road); go through the arch and turn Learning Centre. R into the courtyard. 15 BENWELL FORT

Benwell fort is three miles from Newcastle, gated crossing of the Vallum (the Roman where the road (known here as West Road) earthwork running parallel to and S of the reaches its highest point. The Roman name Wall), 60m S of the fort (walk down from for Benwell was Condercum, which means West Road to the bottom of Denhill Park ‘the place with a fine view’. The fort was and obtain key from nearby house), found built about AD 124 and occupied until in 1933, and the Temple of Antenociticus, the end of the Roman period, in the early SE of the fort in Broomridge Avenue (turn AD 400s. For over 200 years of that time S into Weidner Road, sharp R into Spring it was the home of a cavalry regiment of Hill Gardens, and sharp L into Broomridge Asturians, originally recruited in Spain. The Avenue; the temple is on the L). part of the fort which projected N of the This little temple (found in 1862) was Wall is obliterated by a reservoir (a radio dedicated to an otherwise unknown mast stands at the NW corner of the fort). Celtic deity, parts of whose cult statue A locksmith’s business, the entrance to (see cover) can be seen in the Great the residential street Denhill Park, and a North Museum: Hancock at Newcastle. It Jobcentre now occupy the central part of attracted a high class of worshipper: one of the fort. The southern part was the altar inscriptions (these are casts, covered by houses in 1937, when the originals are in the Great North Top: Reconstruction a hurried but brilliant rescue Museum) records the gratitude of a of Benwell Fort excavation recovered something cavalry commander, Tineus Longus, for and vicus of the fort plan. his promotion to the rank of senator. Above: Temple of Antenociticus Two excavated Roman structures Left: Photo of fort are on display at Benwell: the under excavation Engraving of altar of Tineus Longus, in 1937 from the temple of Antenociticus 16 P A O 1 Four Lane N 8 T E 8 Ends 1 A L S A A19 1 TAMFO N 8 D 6 H

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N S AD o A Westerhope Dukes Moor Shafto recorded the remains of a turret. This last was until recent excavations at 1929. Denton Hall of 1622 can be glimpsed RO S u S T t 6 T T S h A B A 0 M ESMO J 16 COA T 6 8 F I O O 5 RD 0 N H 0 AM R 9 O The position of Milecastle 7 is unknown. Wallsend the ‘firstRD extant fragment’ from on the N side of the road. Bigges Main A 18 B West Denton A OSBORNE ROA D D E HEXHAM ROAD N T B6528 Blakelaw ON B6528 ad Ro A189 th Heddon-on- the E. The Wall crossed Denton Burn 40m R Nor O

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Between Turret 7B and Milecastle 9 the line of the eighteenth century Military Road and the remains of the Wall were E TO W: From Turret 7B walk W towards Cross the A69 by the second footbridge heavily disturbed by the E-W A69 dual the A1 bypass roundabout and negotiate and turn W along Roman Way. Having carriageway, built in the 1970s. Just W the subway/bridge to cross the A1. Take made a slight change of alignment at of Turret 7B the line of the Wall is also the L fork at the end of the bridge to the footbridge the Wall lay under the S crossed by the A1 Newcastle bypass, emerge on the S side of the A69 heading verge of Roman Way but has probably opened in 1990. Although the bypass W, where a further stretch of Broad Wall is been entirely destroyed by the insertion destroyed a length of the Wall and the displayed. From here the course of the Wall of the dual carriageway. Reaching the Vallum, these were recorded in a rescue runs obliquely across the A69, reaching the roundabout at the top of the hill continue excavation and fully published. other side at the W of the two footbridges. straight on across Hillhead Road and along Milecastle 8 lay halfway between the two Westlands. At the end of Westlands (with footbridges, its site now under the S track of ‘The Chesters’ to the R) turn L onto the the dual carriageway. It guarded the Sugely footbridge across the A69. This comes Burn, which the Wall crossed by means of a out opposite a bus stop. Cross the road Denton Turret 7B stone culvert. and turn R to find the site of Milecastle 9, a faint mound in the field just short of At ‘the Ramparts’ a detour S along Blucher village. You now rejoin the line of Southway leads to Wallington Drive (second the 18th-century Military Road on top of the R) where there is a preserved stretch of the Wall which can be followed all the way to Vallum, with crossings, inserted later in the Heddon-on-the-Wall. Roman period, visible.

18 W to E: Walking E from Milecastle 9, take the steps At ‘the Ramparts’ a detour S along Southway leads to on the N side of the road immediately after the bus Wallington Drive (second R) where there is a preserved shelter on the R. The steps lead to a footbridge crossing stretch of the Vallum, with crossings, inserted later in the A69 and rejoining the line of the Wall at ‘the the Roman period, visible. Chesters’. Turn R to follow the line of the Wall along At the A1 bypass roundabout negotiate the subway/ Westlands, and at the roundabout cross Hillhead Rd bridge to cross the A1. Take the R fork at the end of and continue straight on along ‘Roman Way’. The Wall the bridge to emerge on the S side of the A69 heading lay under the S verge of Westlands/Roman Way but E, where you will immediately find a well-preserved has probably been entirely destroyed by the insertion stretch of Broad Wall and Turret 7B. 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. Site of Milecastle 9 (Blucher village)

19 GETTING BETWEEN MILECASTLE 9 (BLUCHER VILLAGE) AND HEDDON-ON-THE-WALL

The Wall lies beneath the B6528 all the way. Between Throckley and Heddon a utilities trench in the road led in 2002 to the W of Blucher village the Vallum is clearly discovery of emplacements for timber visible in the fields to the S. Milecastle 10 is obstacles in the space between the Wall at Dene House, on the E side of the steep and its ditch running for a distance of over valley of Walbottle Dene. one kilometre. Like the obstacles at Byker, Milecastle 11 has not been precisely located E of Newcastle, this discovery confirms that but stood at Throckley Bank Top (see the the Wall was designed to be a defensible Working Men’s Club on S side of road). structure, and is one of the most important contributions that excavations on Tyneside have made to the study of the Wall in recent years.

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e nnerb et Ski HEDDON-ON-THE-WALL

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.

Remains of Vallum running behind Wall at Heddon looking W

22 further information

This booklet is intended as a simple guide to Nick Hodgson (ed), Hadrian’s Wall 1999 – Graffiti on samian ware a walking route and to point out the main 2009: a summary of recent excavation and from Benwell - inscribed with names Julius visible and buried Roman remains along the research (Kendal, 2009) and Januarius way. For more background and information G.R.B. Spain, F.G. Simpson, and on individual sites, see the following list. R.C. Bosanquet, ‘The Roman Frontier from Wallsend to Rudchester Burn’, in GUIDE TO FURTHER INFORMATION Northumberland County History vol. XIII, AND READING (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1930) 484-564 Paul Bidwell, Hadrian’s Wall 1989–1999: a An Archaeological Map of Hadrian’s Wall summary of recent excavations and research (English Heritage, revised edition, 2014) (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) key to maps Anthony Burton, Hadrian’s Wall Path: Walkwalk route route Mainlinemainline rail ra stationil stations 0 510 15 National Trail Guide (London, 2016) Wallwall Rapidmetro transport stations station David Heslop, ‘The Roman Imperial Frontier’, fort/point in Graves, C.P. and Heslop, D., Newcastle BENWELL Fort / POI Busbus interchangeinterchange Roman Temple of interest upon Tyne, The Eye of the North: An Archaeological Assessment (Oxford, 2013), Photographs on cover background and pages 3-5, 7, 9, 11-13, 18-20, 22 by Graeme Peacock 31-64 Text by Nick Hodgson Design by r//evolution Approximate walking time 23 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Map designed by Oxford Cartographers 98045 E&OE 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.

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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 Download the Walking Hadrian’s Society or the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. Wall on Tyneside App. Available for Information can be found at: both Mac and Android. www.newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk To show what Roman Newcastle www.arbsoc.co.uk looked like an Explore Hadrian’s Wall www.hadrianswallquest.co.uk App is also available. 24