Denton, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1266

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Roman building-stone

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
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, 8 x 8 x 2 inches, found in 1934 on the north berm of the Vallum, at about the Roman ground level, opposite HER ref. 1267 a little west of turret 7b and 587 feet west of HER refs. 1264 and 1265. Inscribed: c(enturia) Pro(culi) "The century of Proculus (built this)".

Easting:
1970

Northing:
6547

Grid Reference:
NZ19706547

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1266 >> R.G. Collingwood, 1935, Roman Britain in 1934: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XXV, 224 G.R.B. Spain, 1937, Donations, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VII (for 1935-36), 11-12 I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227-232, fig. 2 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1364