Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	roman fort, Benwell
	Condercum
site name:-	Hadrian's Wall
locality:-	Benwell
county:-	Northumberland
locality type:-	roman fort
coordinates:-	NZ215647
1Km square:-	NZ2164
10Km square:-	NZ26
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag placename:-  Condercum item:-  inscription, roman; roman inscription
source data:-	Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.   goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1851 part 2 p.386  "... Condercum, the third station of the line, adjoins the village of Benwell, about two miles from Newcastle. Here was found among others a dedicatory inscription to the Matres Campestres and the genius of the first wing of the Astures, on the restoration of a temple. The inscription also confirms the Notitia, in which valuable muster-roll we find this body of troops stationed at Condercum. ..."
evidence:-	textbook:- Rivet and Smith 1979 placename:-  Condercum placename:-  Conderco
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