Benwell, Condercum Fort, Dedication Slab

HER Number:
5309

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Dedication Slab

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Stone

Site Type: Specific:
Dedication Slab

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Dedication slab, 39 x 20 inches, found around 1669 among the ruined walls of Benwell fort. Seen by Horsley in the possession of a Mr. West of London, but since lost. VICTORIAE [AUG]G(USTORUM) ALFE/NO SENECIO/N[E] CO(N)S(ULARI) FELIX ALA I ASTO(RUM) [..] M PRA(EFECTO) 'To the Victory of the Emperors while Alfenus Senecio was consular governor, the Fortunate First Cavalry Regiment of Asturians (set this up), when …M… was prefect'. [Alfenus Senecio governed Britain from 205 to 20th century8. RIB 1337

Easting:
216

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ216647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5309 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 442, np. 1337 E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani Great Britain, Vol 1, no. 219, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p 211 Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 16 Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits