Denton, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1260

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, 12 x 7.5 inches, found in 1869 near Denton Hall. Formerly at Denton Hall, now apparently lost. Inscribed: “leg(ionis) II Aug(ustae) / coh(ors) I / fec(it) "From the Second Legion Augusta the first cohort built this".

Easting:
20

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ2065

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1260 >> J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 34 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, 560 no. 2 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1358