Benwell Fort (Condercum), Dedication Slab
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Dedication Slab
HER Number
5320
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
Parts of the right-hand portion of a dedication slab, of unknown size, found in 1852 while building Benwell Park House. It was destroyed forthwith. …]NIO/…]BI[…]VV/…]I[…]SV/…]AVG[…]E/…A]LAE I AS[TURUM…]OII/…]V/…]I[… '… of (or for) the First Cavalry Regiment of Asturians'. RIB 1348.
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5320 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1348
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 17
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 17