Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road

England
List entry 1003507
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003507
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.14 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 29160 65666, NZ 29223 65693, NZ 29268 65711, NZ 29329 65729
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1 is a section of the Roman frontier defence system constructed in the second century AD under the Emperor Hadrian. This portion of the wall, situated between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road near Wallsend in Northumberland, preserves three distinct sections that form part of the stone wall that originally extended across northern Britain from the Tyne to the Solway Firth. The surviving remains represent the substantial stone construction characteristic of the wall's eastern reaches, built to mark and defend the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire. The site remains significant as tangible evidence of Roman military engineering and imperial territorial ambition during the Hadrianic period.

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003507. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road?

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1 is a section of the Roman frontier defence system constructed in the second century AD under the Emperor Hadrian. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003507.

Who is responsible for protecting Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road?

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road 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 1003507.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wardley moated site (4.1 km), Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower (4.2 km), Newcastle Swing Bridge (4.6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Local Names
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road 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.

The wider landscape

Around Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road

Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~8.1 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~14.6 miles