Denton, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1269

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 5 x 5 inches, (narrowing to 3 inches at one end) found in 1953 in the southern face of the north mound of the Vallum after slipping from its position, at a point 390 yards west of turret 7b, west of Copperas Lane, Denton. Its present whereabouts is unknown. Inscribed: c(enturia) Atisi / (.. "The century of Atisius... (built this)"

Easting:
196

Northing:
655

Grid Reference:
NZ196655

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1269 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1322