Walbottle, Roman building stone
Walbottle, Roman building stone
HER Number
1279
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walbottle, Roman building stone
Place
Walbottle
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, seen by Horsley built into a cow-shed in Walbottle. Now lost. Inscribed: c(enturia) Muci./.EN "The century of Mucius.. (built this)".
Easting
417161
Northing
566361
Grid Reference
NZ417161566361
Sources
<< HER 1279 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, 213
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 53
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 562 no. 6
C.E. Stevens, 1948, The Building of Hadrian's Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXVI, 34
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1377
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 53
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 562 no. 6
C.E. Stevens, 1948, The Building of Hadrian's Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXVI, 34
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1377