Walbottle, Roman building-stone
Walbottle, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1280
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, 12 x 7.5 inches, found in, or before, 1857 at Walbottle". Inscribed: F))elix((... or f))elix(( "...F))elix..." or "...fortunate..." "...The letter F was probably inscribed on the preceding stone, now missing, either to form the proper name Felix or to express the good fortune of someone".
Easting
417161
Northing
566371
Grid Reference
NZ417161566371
Sources
<< HER 1280 >> J.C. Bruce, 1857, Catalogue of the Inscribed and Sculptured Roman Stones... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, I, 243 no. 72
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 50
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 562 no. 7
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1378
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 50
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 562 no. 7
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1378