Wallsend, Roman building-stone
Wallsend, Roman building-stone
HER Number
1399
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman building-stone
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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, 13 x 9 inches, found before 1732 presumably west of Wallsend, and seen by Horsley at Cousin's House (later called Carville Hall) just west of Wallsend fort (sector 0 - turret 0a). Inscribed: c(o)ho(rtis) I / c(enturia) Flori From the first cohort the century of Florus (built this).
Easting
429698
Northing
565837
Grid Reference
NZ429698565837
Sources
<< HER 1399 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p. 207
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 604
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Unscribed and Sculptured Stones Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 543 no. 9.
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1309
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 604
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Unscribed and Sculptured Stones Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 543 no. 9.
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1309