Benwell Fort (Condercum), Dedication Slab
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Dedication Slab
HER Number
5309
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Dedication Slab
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
Site Type: Specific
Dedication Slab
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Dedication slab, 39 x 20 inches, found around 1669 among the ruined walls of Benwell fort. Seen by Horsley in the possession of a Mr. West of London, but since lost. VICTORIAE [AUG]G(USTORUM) ALFE/NO SENECIO/N[E] CO(N)S(ULARI) FELIX ALA I ASTO(RUM) [..] M PRA(EFECTO) 'To the Victory of the Emperors while Alfenus Senecio was consular governor, the Fortunate First Cavalry Regiment of Asturians (set this up), when …M… was prefect'. [Alfenus Senecio governed Britain from 205 to 20th century8. RIB 1337
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5309 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 442, np. 1337
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani Great Britain, Vol 1, no. 219, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p 211
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 16
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani Great Britain, Vol 1, no. 219, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p 211
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 16
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits