Benwell, supposed Roman cemetery

HER Number

1505

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, supposed Roman cemetery

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Cemetery

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Implied Evidence

Description

A Roman cemetery, midway between Benwell Fort and (the deduced site of) Milecastle 6, was suggested by Eric Birley in 1963.

Easting

422000

Northing

564600

Grid Reference

NZ422000564600

Sources

<< HER 1505 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, BRS, 1972, Site of Roman cemetery