Wallsend Fort, parade ground
Wallsend Fort, parade ground
HER Number
827
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Wallsend Fort, parade ground
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Military Training Site
Site Type: Specific
Parade Ground
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Implied Evidence
Description
Phillips suggests that "the statue of Minerva (HER no. 828) possibly stood on the parade ground of the fort, since it was found with an official dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus"(HER no. 819) and "an image of a martial goddess would be appropriate in such a context". Both objects were recovered from the Philiphaugh allotments.
Easting
429616
Northing
565706
Grid Reference
NZ429616565706
Sources
<< HER 827 >> G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 541 and 543, nos. 1 and 15
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc. I no. 208
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 6
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc. I no. 208
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 6