Denton, Roman building-stone
Denton, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1264
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, 9.5 x 8 x 2.75 inches, found in 1934 west of Denton Burn on the south edge of the north mound of the Vallum at the level of the Roman surface, opposite turret 7b. Inscribed: c(enturia) Val(eri) / Fl(avi) The century of Valerius Flavus (built this).
Easting
419870
Northing
565400
Grid Reference
NZ419870565400
Sources
<< HER 1264 >> R.G. Collingwood, 1935, Roman Britain in 1934: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XXV, 224
G.R.B. Spain, 1935, Donations,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), 337 pl. xvi
I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227, 233, fig. 4
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1362
G.R.B. Spain, 1935, Donations,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), 337 pl. xvi
I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227, 233, fig. 4
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1362