Benwell Fort (Condercum), Tombstone
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Tombstone
HER Number
5322
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Tombstone
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Tombstone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Tombstone, 22 x 30 inches, found in 1938 reused in a Roman building overlying the filled-in ditch immediately west of the Vallum Crossing at Benwell. Now in Museum of Antiquities (1956.5.15A). D(IS) M(ANIBUS) S(ACRUM) D(ECIMUS) IULIU/S Q(UINTI) F(ILIUS) CANDIDUS C(O)HO(RTIS) P(RIMAE) VANGIONUM A(NNORUM) XXXX. 'Sacred to the spirits of the departed: Decimus Julius Candidus, son of Quintus, of the First Cohort of Vangiones, aged 40'. RIB 1350
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5322 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 446, no.1350
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
1939, Journal Roman Studies, xxix, p226
1940, Journal Roman Studies, xxx, p186
Wright, 1940, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, ix, (1940), p139
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
1939, Journal Roman Studies, xxix, p226
1940, Journal Roman Studies, xxx, p186
Wright, 1940, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, ix, (1940), p139