Denton, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1258

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Roman building-stone

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW NZ16NE

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

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:
20

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ2065

Lats/Lons:

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