Denton, Roman building-stone
Denton, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1258
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Denton, Roman building-stone
Place
Denton
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
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, 9 x 9 inches, found in 1804 probably near Denton Hall. Later (in 1941) recorded in Denton Hall stable. Inscribed: “c(enturia) Iuli / Rufi "The century of Julius Rufus (built this)".
Easting
420000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ420000565000
Sources
<< HER 1258 >> M.A. Richardson, 1843, The Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, III, 106
J.C. Bruce, 1867, The Roman Wall, 3rd edition, 116
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 46
R.G. Collingwood, 1927, Roman Britain in 1927: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XVII, 218
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 561 no. 6
C.E. Stevens, 1948, The Building of Hadrian's Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXVI, 39 n. 6
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1356
J.C. Bruce, 1867, The Roman Wall, 3rd edition, 116
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 46
R.G. Collingwood, 1927, Roman Britain in 1927: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XVII, 218
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 561 no. 6
C.E. Stevens, 1948, The Building of Hadrian's Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXVI, 39 n. 6
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1356