Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel

England
List entry 1003505
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003505
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 20349 65333
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section is a substantial upstanding stretch of the Roman frontier barrier constructed during the second century AD under the emperor Hadrian's reign. The structure preserves visible coursed stonework characteristic of the wall's central sector, demonstrating the engineering standards maintained across this monumental defensive system that extended approximately eighty miles across northern Britain. Located within the garden of West Road Methodist Chapel in Tyne and Wear, this segment represents a significant surviving example of the wall's original Roman construction in an urban context. The monument retains archaeological value as evidence of Roman military infrastructure and settlement patterns along the Tyne valley.

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003505. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel?

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section is a substantial upstanding stretch of the Roman frontier barrier constructed during the second century AD under the emperor Hadrian's reign. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003505.

Who is responsible for protecting Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel?

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel 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 1003505.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill (4.1 km), Enclosures near Damhead Wood, Whickham (4.4 km), Winlaton Mill ironworks, south east of Winlaton Mill village (5.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel

Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel 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 7, Scotswood section of Hadrian's Wall in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~23.3 milesBattle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~2.6 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~14.6 miles