Walbottle, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1276

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walbottle, Roman building-stone

Place:
Walbottle

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, 13 x 8.5 inches, found in 1906 about 200 yards west of the Engine Inn, Walbottle, on the Newcastle-Carlisle road (sector 9b-10). Inscribed: c(enturia) Iuli Pro/culi "The century of Julius Proculus (built this)".

Easting:
1668

Northing:
6669

Grid Reference:
NZ16686669

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1276 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1907 Donations, 3, II (for 1905-06), 238 Archaeologia Aeliana, 1907, Curator's Report for 1906: Donations to the Museum, 1906, 3, III, xxiii and pl. on xxiv G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 561 no. 2 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1374