Newburn, Roman building-stone
Newburn, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1288
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newburn, Roman building-stone
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Carved Stone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Building-stone seen by Stukeley in 1725 over a stable door next to the Boat Inn, Newburn. The inscription, surrounded by an ansate frame, was even then illegible, and is now lost.
Easting
416500
Northing
565300
Grid Reference
NZ416500565300
Sources
<< HER 1288 >> W. Stukeley, 1776, Iter Boreale, 64
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, 2088
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, 2088