Wallsend, Roman building-stone
Wallsend, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1404
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman building-stone
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
A building-stone, 13 x 10 inches, seen before 1732 with HER ref. 1399. Inscribed: coh(ortis) III / c(enturia) Senti / Prisci “From the third cohort the century of Sentius Priscus (built this)”.
Easting
429000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ429000565000
Sources
<< HER 1404 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p. 208
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 543 no. 11
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1311
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 543 no. 11
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1311