Benwell, Condercum Fort, Shaft of a column

HER Number:
5324

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Shaft of a column

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Element

Site Type: Specific:
Column

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Shaft of a column, tapering from 11 inches to 8.5 inches in diameter, length unknown. Found in 1862 in the grounds of Condercum House. Now lost (according to RIB 1352) or on site of temple of Antenociticus (according to Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991). RIB 1352

Easting:
216

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ216647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5324 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 446, no.1352 Rendal, 1861, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 2, vi, (1861-5), p170 Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no. 30