Benwell Fort (Condercum), Shaft of a column
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Shaft of a column
HER Number
5324
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Shaft of a column
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Column
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Shaft of a column, tapering from 11 inches to 8.5 inches in diameter, length unknown. Found in 1862 in the grounds of Condercum House. Now lost (according to RIB 1352) or on site of temple of Antenociticus (according to Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991). RIB 1352
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5324 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 446, no.1352
Rendal, 1861, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 2, vi, (1861-5), p170
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no. 30
Rendal, 1861, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 2, vi, (1861-5), p170
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no. 30