Tyne and Wear HER(5325): Benwell, Condercum Fort, Statue of a lion - Details
5325
Newcastle
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Statue of a lion
Benwell
NZ26SW
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Sculpture
Statue
Roman
Find
Fragments of a statue of a lion, probably from a grave monument, found at Benwell around 1862, subsequently lost and rediscovered in the grounds of Condercum House during redevelopment in 1936, now in Corbridge Museum. CSIR 1.1 253.
216
647
NZ216647
<< HER 5325 >> E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 253, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits