Denton, Roman building-stone
Denton, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1267
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, 14 x 11 x 3 inches, found in 1936 south of Denton Hall at the north edge of the south mound of the Vallum, opposite HER ref. 1266, between turret 7b and milecastle 8". Inscribed: coh(ortis) I / Dacor(um) / c(enturia) Ael(i) Dida(e) "From the First Cohort of Dacians the century of Aelius Dida (built this)".
Easting
419680
Northing
565450
Grid Reference
NZ419680565450
Sources
<< HER 1267 >> R.G. Collingwood, 1937, Roman Britain in 1936: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XXVII, 247-8
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1937, Donations, 4, VII (for 1935-36), 245-6
I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227-31, 235-7
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1365
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1937, Donations, 4, VII (for 1935-36), 245-6
I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227-31, 235-7
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1365