Wallsend, Roman building stone

HER Number:
826

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Roman building stone

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE NZ36NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

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:
29

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ2965

Lats/Lons:

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