Benwell Fort (Condercum), Silver Spoon
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Silver Spoon
HER Number
5444
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Silver Spoon
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Spoon
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Unusually large Roman spoon found at Benwell Fort during excavations by James Petch in 1926. It has an oval bowl with inside rim. The handle is in three roughly equal lengths. The spoon is 170mm long. The bowl is 41mm wide. EDX analysis by University of Newcastle shows that it is made of over 99% silver with minute traces of copper and iron.
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5444 >> D. Sherlock, 1999, Silver Spoon from Benwell Roman Fort, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, xxvii, p176-178
J.A. Petch, 1927, Excavations at Benwell (Condercum), Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, (1927), p135-192
J.A. Petch, 1927, Excavations at Benwell (Condercum), Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, (1927), p135-192