Benwell, Condercum Fort, Statue of a lion

HER Number:
5325

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Statue of a lion

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
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.

Easting:
216

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ216647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< 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