Throckley, Roman building-stones

Throckley, Roman building-stones

HER Number
1283
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Throckley, Roman building-stones
Place
Throckley
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-stones seen before 1732 by a mason at Throckley, and recorded by Horsley. Now lost. Inscribed: V, X.
Easting
415000
Northing
566000
Grid Reference
NZ415000566000
Sources
<< HER 1283 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, 213
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 56
R.C. Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, XII, 41 no. 21
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 563 no. 8
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1381-2