Benwell, Roman inscribed stone

HER Number:
1255

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Roman inscribed stone

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26NW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Stone

Site Type: Specific:
Dedication Stone

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Stone seen in 1807 in a house-wall on Benwell Hill, near milecastle 7. Now lost.

Easting:
20

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ2064

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1255 >> R.C. Bosanquet, 1929, Dr. John Lingard's Notes on the Roman Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, VI, 142 G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 558 no. 21 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1353