Benwell, Condercum Fort, Building stone

HER Number:
5318

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Building stone

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Building stone, 11 x 6 x 4.5 inches, found before 1873 at Benwell. Now in Black Gate. C(ENTURIA) ARRI 'The century of Arrius (built this). RIB 1346.

Easting:
216

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ216647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5318 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1346 Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 28 cat no. 107