Denton, Roman building-stone
Denton, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1261
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Denton, Roman building-stone
Place
Denton
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
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, 12.5 x 8.5 inches, found by Horsley about 1716 in the side wall of a house at East Denton. Now in the Chapter Library, Durham". Inscribed: “ l(egionis) II Aug(ustae) / c(o)ho(rs) VIII / fec(it) "From the Second Legion Augusta the eighth cohort built this".
Easting
419000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ419000565000
Sources
<< HER 1261 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, 211, Northumberland ix
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 36
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 560 no. 3
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain 1359
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 36
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 560 no. 3
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain 1359