Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
HER Number
5318
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, 11 x 6 x 4.5 inches, found before 1873 at Benwell. Now in Black Gate. C(ENTURIA) ARRI 'The century of Arrius (built this). RIB 1346.
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5318 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1346
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 28 cat no. 107
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 28 cat no. 107