A space or road existed along the inside of the wall, presumably originally right round the circuit, and some still survives, notably Pink Lane and West Walls. The pre OS maps show other stretches, e.g. from New Gate to Pilgrim Street Gate, along the east side of Austin Friars, and from Walknoll to Sand Gate. One of the few documentary references is dated 1330, and relates particularly to the lane "between the dwelling place of the Austin Friars and the wall of the town" where sufficient space was to be left "for the mayor and commonalty to ride for custody and defence of the town as elsewhere within the wall". There is only one record of the make-up of the road, - outside Ever Tower. It there consists of cobbles (in level just below the threshold of the tower doorway), on 2 layers of bricks, on at least 5 courses of roughly dressed sandstone blocks. A small excavation at the Corner Tower in 1975 revealed a short length of the lane inside the town wall. Sometimes called the 'pomerium'. Dated C13th.

A ditch existed outside and presumably parallel to the town wall. While it seems clear that it was finished earlier than the wall, probably by 1316, it is not certain that it was started later, and in some places at least they were probably contemporary in construction. The dimensions of the ditch have only been tested archaeologically once, and outside the wall on the west it was found to lie 9.50 m in front of the wall, and to be 11.30 m wide x 4.50 m deep. In the medieval period it was presumably crossed by bridges at the main gates in the wall, and perhaps at other places, e.g. the Black Friars' turning bridge. Though the ditch was largely filled up by the latter part of the 18th century, it shows on several of the pre OS maps as a narrow strip along the outside of the wall, and appears in documentary sources as "The King's Dykes". In 2005 Northern Archaeological Associates (report forthcoming) excavated across the ditch at Gallowgate. The lower sections of the 12m wide ditch would have been waterlogged even during the driest weather, because the ditch was fed by a small stream. This was uncovered 60m to the east of the ditch where it had been culverted to the rear of the burgage plots before re-appearing in the town ditch to provide a water source for the moat surrounding the New Gate. Dated C14th.

At some point late in the C14 or early in the C15 the town wall was built along the Key between Sand Gate and either the bridge gate or the guildhall. The Bros. Buck show it crenellated, and pierced by a number of small watergates; Corbridge gives it only one, large, gate opposite the end of Broad Chare. Though a considerable obstruction to activities on the quay the wall survived until the 18th century when, in 1762, the common council received royal permission to demolish it. The lower courses of this stretch of wall survived beneath the road until the Interceptor Sewer removed most of them, and were seen during public works on a number of occasions. The extreme east end (69 m) was excavated in 1992.³ The Quayside wall was c. 2.40 thick, had up to 3 external chamfers and, in the excavated section, was of one phase but with evidence of building breaks, and was perhaps built from west to east. Dated C15th.

A short spur of the curtain ran from Sand Gate to the Tyne, and probably formed part of the original circuit of the town wall. Part of it was recorded by Knowles in 1905 when it still stood 7 feet high, and before it was covered up during the widening and lowering of the road along the Quayside. Part was excavated in 1992. The primary (north) piece was 2.40 m thick. It was later extended at a reduced width, for 11.50 m+, and then widened, so producing a stretch on 3 slightly different alignments. Its extreme south end was inaccessible. During the 18th century it gradually became encumbered with buildings, and apparently formed the west wall of the Sandgate midden or an open storage yard. In 1841 GBR saw 10-12 feet of it immediately south of the site of Sand Gate when some old houses were demolished. Dated C14th.

Stood at the SE corner of Milkmarket. Sand Gate controlled access to the town's public quay from the east, and a spur wall (HER 1565) ran from it south to the water. The gate consisted of a vaulted (? rib-vaulted) passage beneath two upper storeys, and TMR's view (probably of the west, inner face) shows a door in the south wall of the passage, perhaps to a stair, and an arched pedestrian way on the north side. Sandgate is mentioned in the local song 'The Keelrow' c.1774. At the time of its demolition in 1798 to widen the thoroughfare "the summit of the tower was thickly grass grown". Dated C14th.

From Walknoll Tower "to the farther side of Sandgate" (i.e. probably including the spur wall, SMR 1565) there was a stretch of curtain 232 yards long. It changed direction between the gates to follow a more southerly line. Holmes notes that there were four turrets on this section, though Hooppell only records one. The latter describes a fine stretch of wall with chamfered base courses between Walknoll and Causey Bank, and Holmes refers to "a foul junction" and places where the wall appeared to be double. North of Sand Gate the wall was demolished in at least 3 stages: it was breached in 1801 for Forster Street; it was destroyed between Forster Street and Sand Gate in 1803; and between Forster Street and Walknoll in 1881 for the making of City Road. Dated C14th.

Walknoll, Sallyport or (Ships) Carpenters' Tower was presumably that which caused the emigration of the Carmelite Friars at the beginning of the C14. It was originally a rectangular tower, 28 ft N-S, 25.5 ft E-W, projecting to the field and standing on the hill at a point where the wall changed direction. It had a vaulted basement, 3 loops (E, N & W), all outside the curtain, a S door and a newel stair in the SW angle. The stair once led to a mural chamber in the curtain, and presumably to the wall walk and roof of the tower. At the S end of its E wall was the sallyport through the curtain. In 1716 the Shipwrights' Company enlarged the tower, giving it a long E-W axis, and built a hall on the first floor with access by stairs at the E end. The Company retained it until the mid 19th century after which it had a number of uses and was rescued from dereliction and possibly demolition in the 1960s. McCombie - bold ashlar C18 meeting hall on top of medieval gate. Architect unknown, but comparisons have been drawn with Vanbrugh's work. Pilasters and big eaves cornice; two windows in each long side in rusticated keyed round-headed surrounds; another window in a bow on the short side to the west. On the east, steps lead to the hall door: round overlight in a rusticated corniced panel; above, a relief of a ship's hull. Square corner turrets with small round-headed blind openings; pyramid tops and ball finials. From 1716 until 1759 Presbyterians met in the Carpenters' Hall, the remodelling of the upper part of the medieval tower. Dated C14th.

95 yards of curtain stretched between Pandon Gate and Walknoll Tower, and bore - according to Holmes - one turret. Hooppell noted that this stretch was 8 feet thick, of fine large squared stones, some as much as 18 inches x 12 inches, and - having on the outer face - a stepped chamfered plinth. Long buried by soil and among buildings it was briefly revealed during its demolition in 1881 to make way for City Road. Dated C14th.

"Pandon Gate was situated in the bed of the deep gorge through which Pandon-Dean runs to the Tyne". It was one of the lesser gates, perhaps like Sand Gate, had a single archway for traffic, and was defended with folding iron gates but had no portcullis. GBR also states that "it was ascended by a flight of stone stairs two yards in width". In the early C17 until 1648, the gate was used as the meeting hall of the Company of Barber Surgeons. In 1639 the brattishes etc. were removed to put it into a defensive state. Most of the gate was demolished in 1795, but Holmes records that the west abutment was still standing when City Road was under construction, and he prevailed on the contractor to spare it. It should therefore still be under the road. The gates origins may date to the Roman era. Dated C14th.

In the stretch of curtain between Corner Tower and Pandon Gate there "was a segmentally arched opening through the wall, allowing a passage for the Pandon stream, the opening of which was ten feet wide and eight feet six inches in depth from the springing of the arch...". This section of the town wall was demolished in 1881 for the making of City Road. Dated C14th.