Walbottle, Roman building-stone
Walbottle, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1276
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walbottle, Roman building-stone
Place
Walbottle
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, 13 x 8.5 inches, found in 1906 about 200 yards west of the Engine Inn, Walbottle, on the Newcastle-Carlisle road (sector 9b-10). Inscribed: c(enturia) Iuli Pro/culi "The century of Julius Proculus (built this)".
Easting
416680
Northing
566690
Grid Reference
NZ416680566690
Sources
<< HER 1276 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1907 Donations, 3, II (for 1905-06), 238
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1907, Curator's Report for 1906: Donations to the Museum, 1906, 3, III, xxiii and pl. on xxiv
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 561 no. 2
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1374
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1907, Curator's Report for 1906: Donations to the Museum, 1906, 3, III, xxiii and pl. on xxiv
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 561 no. 2
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1374