Benwell, Condercum Fort, Relief of male head

HER Number:
5326

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Relief of male head

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Religious Structural Object

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Relief of a male head which probably represents Mars rather than an auxiliary soldier, and came from either a votive relief or flanking figure on a large dedication slab. Found in 1862 in the kitchen garden of Condercum House. CISR 1.1 317. Museum of Antiquities 1924.9.

Easting:
216

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ216647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5326 >> E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 317, 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