Benwell, Roman inscribed stone
Benwell, Roman inscribed stone
HER Number
1255
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell, Roman inscribed stone
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
Site Type: Specific
Dedication Stone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Stone seen in 1807 in a house-wall on Benwell Hill, near milecastle 7. Now lost.
Easting
420000
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ420000564000
Sources
<< HER 1255 >> R.C. Bosanquet, 1929, Dr. John Lingard's Notes on the Roman Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, VI, 142
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 558 no. 21
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1353
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 558 no. 21
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1353