🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall, Wall Mile 7, Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (Frontiers of the Roman Empire, ID 430) inscribed 1987
- Built under Emperor Hadrian beginning 122 CE
- Stone wall originally 2.5–3 metres thick and up to 5 metres high
- Located in garden of West Road Methodist Chapel, Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne
This section of Hadrian's Wall at Wall Mile 7 in Scotswood represents a preserved fragment of the Roman Empire's northern frontier in Britain. Located within the garden of the West Road Methodist Chapel in Newcastle upon Tyne, it survives as part of the ancient defensive and administrative barrier that stretched across northern England from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. Constructed under the orders of Emperor Hadrian from 122 CE onward, the wall marked the empire's limits and served to ...