Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
HER Number
5298
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Altar
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Altar, 5 x 10 inches, found in, or before, 1789 in the north part of Benwell Fort, possibly on site of a temple. On left side long handled patera and jug, on right side axe and sacrificial knife. DEO/VETRI/SANGTO. 'To the holy god Vetris'. The altar had been burnt and the corner of the base damaged. Criss-cross pattern on front and sides of base. Museum of Antiquities 1965.7.6.
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5298 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 442 no. 1335
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, p 120
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
C. Bruce, 1853, Handbook to the Roman Wall, second edition, p112
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 230, p81 in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
J. Haverfield, 1918, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 3, Vol XV, p40
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, p 120
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
C. Bruce, 1853, Handbook to the Roman Wall, second edition, p112
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 230, p81 in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
J. Haverfield, 1918, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 3, Vol XV, p40