Wallsend Fort, parade ground

HER Number:
827

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Wallsend Fort, parade ground

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Military Training Site

Site Type: Specific:
Parade Ground

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Implied Evidence

Description:
Phillips suggests that "the statue of Minerva (HER no. 828) possibly stood on the parade ground of the fort, since it was found with an official dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus"(HER no. 819) and "an image of a martial goddess would be appropriate in such a context". Both objects were recovered from the Philiphaugh allotments.

Easting:
29616

Northing:
65706

Grid Reference:
NZ2961665706

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 827 >> G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 541 and 543, nos. 1 and 15 E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc. I no. 208 P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 6