Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone

Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone

HER Number
5316
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
Building stone found at Benwell, seen by Horsley before 1732 built into the wall of a house, but since lost. LEG(IONIS) II AUG(USTAE) COH(ORS) X 'From the Second Legion Augusta the tenth cohort (built this)'. RIB 1344.
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5316 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 444, no. 1344
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 282, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
C. Bruce, 1867, Handbook to the Roman Wall, third edition, p116
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 25
Stevens, 1948, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 4, xxvi, (1948), p 38, n.59
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana