Shaft of a column, tapering from 11 inches to 8.5 inches in diameter, length unknown. Found in 1862 in the grounds of Condercum House. Now lost (according to RIB 1352) or on site of temple of Antenociticus (according to Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991). RIB 1352
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Shaft of a column, tapering from 11 inches to 8.5 inches in diameter, length unknown. Found in 1862 in the grounds of Condercum House. Now lost (according to RIB 1352) or on site of temple of Antenociticus (according to Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991). RIB 1352
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Shaft of a column
Site Type: Specific
Column
HER Number
5324
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5324 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 446, no.1352
Rendal, 1861, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 2, vi, (1861-5), p170
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no. 30
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266,1505
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Tombstone, 34 x 21 inches, found in 1877 about 500 yards (460 metres) west of Benwell fort (PSAN say to the east), on line of vallum. Now in Black Gate. D(IS) M(ANIBUS) P(UBLIO) SERMUL/LIO MARTI/ALI. 'To the spirits of the departed (and) to Publius Sermullius Martialis'. RIB 1351. According to Bruce the stone had been in the possession of a Mr Smurthwaite of Low Benwell. Ward's street directory for 1877 lists a Thomas Smurthwaite, builder, at 8 Adelaide Terrace, New Benwell. A line projected north from New Benwell meets the Wall c.500 metres east of the fort. This seems the likely findspot. It suggests that the temple area to the east of the fort was more extensive than previously supposed. It is equally possible that it was beside the Military Way, perhaps indicating that tombs and shrines lined the road up to 500 metres from the fort.
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
Tombstone, 34 x 21 inches, found in 1877 about 500 yards (460m) west of Benwell fort (PSAN say to the east), on line of vallum. Now in Black Gate. D(IS) M(ANIBUS) P(UBLIO) SERMUL/LIO MARTI/ALI. 'To the spirits of the departed (and) to Publius Sermullius Martialis'. RIB 1351. According to Bruce the stone had been in the possession of a Mr Smurthwaite of Low Benwell. Ward's street directory for 1877 lists a Thomas Smurthwaite, builder, at 8 Adelaide Terrace, New Benwell. A line projected north from New Benwell meets the Wall c500m east of the fort. This seems the likely findspot. It suggests that the temple area to the east of the fort was more extensive than previously supposed. It is equally possible that it was beside the Military Way, perhaps indicating that tombs and shrines lined the road up to 500m from the fort.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Tombstone
Site Type: Specific
Tombstone
HER Number
5323
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5323 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
Cowen, 1950, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, xi, (1950) p321 - Bruce to J.Gibson, 11 Jan 1877, Society Antiquaries Newcastle Letterbook
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1886, series 2, (1886), p64 with fig
Watkin, 1878, Antiquaries Journal, xxxv (1876), p63
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 18 with fig
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p446, no. 1351
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Tombstone, 22 x 30 inches, found in 1938 reused in a Roman building overlying the filled-in ditch immediately west of the Vallum Crossing at Benwell. Now in Museum of Antiquities (1956.5.15A). D(IS) M(ANIBUS) S(ACRUM) D(ECIMUS) IULIU/S Q(UINTI) F(ILIUS) CANDIDUS C(O)HO(RTIS) P(RIMAE) VANGIONUM A(NNORUM) XXXX. 'Sacred to the spirits of the departed: Decimus Julius Candidus, son of Quintus, of the First Cohort of Vangiones, aged 40'. RIB 1350
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
Tombstone, 22 x 30 inches, found in 1938 reused in a Roman building overlying the filled-in ditch immediately west of the Vallum Crossing at Benwell. Now in Museum of Antiquities (1956.5.15A). D(IS) M(ANIBUS) S(ACRUM) D(ECIMUS) IULIU/S Q(UINTI) F(ILIUS) CANDIDUS C(O)HO(RTIS) P(RIMAE) VANGIONUM A(NNORUM) XXXX. 'Sacred to the spirits of the departed: Decimus Julius Candidus, son of Quintus, of the First Cohort of Vangiones, aged 40'. RIB 1350
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Tombstone
Site Type: Specific
Tombstone
HER Number
5322
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5322 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 446, no.1350
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
1939, Journal Roman Studies, xxix, p226
1940, Journal Roman Studies, xxx, p186
Wright, 1940, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, ix, (1940), p139
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Tombstone, 18 x 25 inches, found before 1732 built into a house at Benwell. RIB 1349. Museum of Antiquities 1864.5.17.
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
Tombstone, 18 x 25 inches, found before 1732 built into a house at Benwell. RIB 1349. Museum of Antiquities 1864.5.17.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Tombstone
Site Type: Specific
Tombstone
HER Number
5321
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5321 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1349
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Parts of the right-hand portion of a dedication slab, of unknown size, found in 1852 while building Benwell Park House. It was destroyed forthwith. …]NIO/…]BI[…]VV/…]I[…]SV/…]AVG[…]E/…A]LAE I AS[TURUM…]OII/…]V/…]I[… '… of (or for) the First Cavalry Regiment of Asturians'. RIB 1348.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Parts of the right-hand portion of a dedication slab, of unknown size, found in 1852 while building Benwell Park House. It was destroyed forthwith. …]NIO/…]BI[…]VV/…]I[…]SV/…]AVG[…]E/…A]LAE I AS[TURUM…]OII/…]V/…]I[… '… of (or for) the First Cavalry Regiment of Asturians'. RIB 1348.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Dedication Slab
Site Type: Specific
Dedication Slab
HER Number
5320
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5320 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1348
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 558, no 17
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Building stone found before 1732 built into a house at Benwell, now lost. C(ENTURIA) PEREG/RINI 'The century of Peregrinus (built this). RIB 1347.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Building stone found before 1732 built into a house at Benwell, now lost. C(ENTURIA) PEREG/RINI 'The century of Peregrinus (built this). RIB 1347.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
HER Number
5319
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5319 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1347
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 29
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Building stone, 11 x 6 x 4.5 inches, found before 1873 at Benwell. Now in Black Gate. C(ENTURIA) ARRI 'The century of Arrius (built this). RIB 1346.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Building stone, 11 x 6 x 4.5 inches, found before 1873 at Benwell. Now in Black Gate. C(ENTURIA) ARRI 'The century of Arrius (built this). RIB 1346.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
HER Number
5318
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5318 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no. 1346
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 28 cat no. 107
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Building stone, 11 x 6 x 4.5 inches, found before 1732 at Benwell. Now in Black Gate. C(ENTURIA) ARRI 'The century of Arrius (built this)'. RIB 1345
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Building stone, 11 x 6 x 4.5 inches, found before 1732 at Benwell. Now in Black Gate. C(ENTURIA) ARRI 'The century of Arrius (built this)'. RIB 1345
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
HER Number
5317
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5317 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 445, no.1345
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 27 with fig
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Building stone found at Benwell, seen by Horsley before 1732 built into the wall of a house, but since lost. LEG(IONIS) II AUG(USTAE) COH(ORS) X 'From the Second Legion Augusta the tenth cohort (built this)'. RIB 1344.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Building stone found at Benwell, seen by Horsley before 1732 built into the wall of a house, but since lost. LEG(IONIS) II AUG(USTAE) COH(ORS) X 'From the Second Legion Augusta the tenth cohort (built this)'. RIB 1344.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
HER Number
5316
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5316 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 444, no. 1344
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 282, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
C. Bruce, 1867, Handbook to the Roman Wall, third edition, p116
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 25
Stevens, 1948, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 4, xxvi, (1948), p 38, n.59
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Building stone, 16 x 9 inches, found before 1873 in Benwell fort. Now [1941] in Denton Hall stable. LEG(IONIS) II C/OH(ORS) IIII 'From the Second Legion the fourth cohort (built this). RIB 1343.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Building stone, 16 x 9 inches, found before 1873 in Benwell fort. Now [1941] in Denton Hall stable. LEG(IONIS) II C/OH(ORS) IIII 'From the Second Legion the fourth cohort (built this). RIB 1343.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Building stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
HER Number
5315
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5315 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 444, no. 1343
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 283? in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
1927, Journal Roman Studies, xvii (1927) 218 LS 38
C. Bruce, 1867, Handbook to the Roman Wall, third edition, p116
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 559, no 24
Stevens, 1948, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 4, xxvi, (1948), p 38, n.59