Denton, Roman building-stone
Denton, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1260
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Denton, Roman building-stone
Place
Denton
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Building-stone, 12 x 7.5 inches, found in 1869 near Denton Hall. Formerly at Denton Hall, now apparently lost. Inscribed: “leg(ionis) II Aug(ustae) / coh(ors) I / fec(it) "From the Second Legion Augusta the first cohort built this".
Easting
420000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ420000565000
Sources
<< HER 1260 >> J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 34
R.G. Collingwood, 1927, Roman Britain in 1927: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XVII, 218
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 560 no. 2
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1358
R.G. Collingwood, 1927, Roman Britain in 1927: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XVII, 218
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 560 no. 2
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1358