Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone

Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone

HER Number
5319
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Building stone found before 1732 built into a house at Benwell, now lost. C(ENTURIA) PEREG/RINI 'The century of Peregrinus (built this). RIB 1347.
Easting
216
Northing
647
Grid Reference
NZ216647
Sources
<< HER 5319 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1347
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 29
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana