Benwell Roman Temple of Antenociticus - Hadrian's Wall

The remains of a small temple to the native god 'Antenociticus', in the 'vicus' (civilian settlement) which stood outside Benwell fort.

The temple was associated with the fort at Benwell (Condercum), one of 13 permanent forts added to the line of Hadrian’s Wall during its building, which began in about AD 122. The temple lay within the civilian settlement orvicus outside the fort walls.

The fort at Benwell, which was occupied throughout most of the Roman period by the cavalry regiment ala I Asturum, is no longer visible. Its site is covered on the north side by a Victorian reservoir and to the south by 1930s housing. Sixty metres east of the site of the fort, however, is the temple of Antenociticus, which once stood within the civilian settlement outside the fort.

To the south is another associated site, the only permanent crossing of the Vallum earthwork to be seen on the line of Hadrian's Wall.