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Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 8, between Denton and Blucher in Northumberland, is a section of the Roman frontier defence system constructed under the Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD. The wall and its associated vallum represent the physical and administrative division of the northern frontier of Roman Britain, with the vallum constituting a substantial earthwork lying to the south of the wall itself. This particular stretch preserves evidence of the wall's characteristic stone construction and the vallum's characteristic triple-ditch profile, elements typical of the barrier's design across its eighty-mile length from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway. The monument remains significant as one of the most extensively documented frontier systems of the Roman Empire and continues to provide archaeological evidence of Roman military organisation and landscape management in northern Britain during the second and third centuries AD.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 8 from Denton to Blucher is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003789. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 8, between Denton and Blucher in Northumberland, is a section of the Roman frontier defence system constructed under the Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003789.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 8 from Denton to Blucher is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003789.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosures near Damhead Wood, Whickham (5 km), Winlaton Mill ironworks, south east of Winlaton Mill village (5.5 km), Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 8 from Denton to Blucher's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 8 from Denton to Blucher stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.