Wallsend, Roman building stone
Wallsend, Roman building stone
HER Number
826
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
A building stone, 14 x 5 inches, found before 1867 at Wallsend and acquired by John Bramwell, Recorder of Durham, by 1875 but now lost. An inscription read: Leg(io) II Aug(usta); "The Second Legion Augusta (built this)" RIB assumes this to be from Wallsend fort, but points out that in its style it resembles stones from the Wall.
Easting
429000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ429000565000
Sources
<< HER 826 >> J.C. Bruce, 1867, The Roman Wall, 91
J.C. Bruce, 1975, Lapidarium Septentrionale, no. 4
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, pp. 542-3 no. 8
J.C. Bruce, 1975, Lapidarium Septentrionale, no. 4
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, pp. 542-3 no. 8