Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
HER Number
5307
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, 16 x 31 inches, with plain sides; found in 1751 while building the Newcastle to Carlisle road through Benwell Fort. Now at the Society of Antiquaries, London. LAMIIS / TRIBUS 'To the three Witches'. RIB 1331. CSIR 1.1 221.
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5307 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 441 1331
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
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 607
C. Bruce, 1867, Handbook to the Roman Wall, third edition, p 406
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 555, no 9 with pl
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
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 607
C. Bruce, 1867, Handbook to the Roman Wall, third edition, p 406
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 555, no 9 with pl