Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
HER Number
5313
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Found at fort before 1789. Slightly burnt on front and upper left corner has broken off. 15 x 10 inches. LEG(IO) II AUG(USTA) on standard: LEG(IO) II 'The Second Legion Augusta (built this). The Second Legion'. Central panel edged with a border. Carving has a vexillum with pointed shaft, hand grip fringed banner. Flanked to left by Capricorn and to right by Pegasus (emblem of second legion). RIB 1341. CSIR 280. British Museum A.O.250
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5313 >> Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 22 with fig
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 444, no 1341
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 280, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
Le Keux, 1857, Antiquaries Journal, xiv (1857), p 359 with pl
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 444, no 1341
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 280, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
Le Keux, 1857, Antiquaries Journal, xiv (1857), p 359 with pl