Where is Milecastle 8?

Milecastle 8 is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9865°, -1.7006°.

UNESCO World Heritage · North East England

Milecastle 8

Milecastle 8 in England North East, United Kingdom.

A69 along side a section of Hadrian's Wall - geograph.org.uk - 1310780 — Darrin Antrobus — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Milecastle 8 is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Milecastle 8 (West Denton) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains are located in West Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne. The milecastle has two associated turret structures that are known as turret 8A and turret 8B. The turrets and milecastle were excavated in the 1920s, yielding some pottery and stone carvings, and have since been overlain by modern roads. The exact location of the structures is disputed, with the road hiding any surface traces. The Milecastle forms part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.

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There is some dispute over the exact location, with one study in 1929 locating it 1627 yd east of Milecastle 9, and historian Madeleine Hope Dodds stating in 1930 that it is 1602 yd from Milecastle 9. The Ordnance Survey uses an average of these positions on its mapping. The site of Milecastle 8 is buried beneath the A69 dual carriageway.

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