Denton, Roman building-stone
Denton, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1265
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Denton, Roman building-stone
Place
Denton
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
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, 10 x 8 x 2.5 inches, found in 1936 west of Denton Burn on the north side of the south mound of the Vallum, south of turret 7b and immediately opposite HER ref. 1264, of which it is the counterpart. Inscribed: c(enturia) Val(eri) / Fl(avi) The century of Valerius Flavus (built this).
Easting
419850
Northing
565380
Grid Reference
NZ419850565380
Sources
<< HER 1265 >> R.G. Collingwood, 1937, Roman Britain in 1936: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XXVII, 248
G.R.B. Spain, 1937, Centurial Stone, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VII (for 1935-36), pp. 158-9
I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227-31, fig. 5
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1363
G.R.B. Spain, 1937, Centurial Stone, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VII (for 1935-36), pp. 158-9
I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227-31, fig. 5
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1363