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.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Building stone, 14 x 5 in, found before 1867 at Wallsend: by 1875 it had been acquired by John Bramwell, Recorder of Durham. Now lost. Leg(io) II Aug(usta) "The Second Legion Augusta (built this)" As Bruce gives this to Wallsend fort, it is assumed by RIB to belong to it though it is there pointed out that in its style it resembles stones from the Wall.
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman building stone
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
HER Number
826
Form of Evidence
Find
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
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806
DAY1
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429000
EASTING2
30
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MAP2
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
565000
NORTHING2
65
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
Fragment of a thin slab 7 x 11 x 1.5 inches, found about 1896 at Wallsend.An inscription reads: ...)ICO / (...) PRAE / (...)VM. Collingwood tentatively suggested a dedication to Mars Cocidius by a prefect of the Fourth Cohort of Lingonians. Wright felt that hardly enough remained to substantiate this.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Fragment of a thin slab 7 x 11 x 1.5 in, found about 1896 at Wallsend. ...)ICO / (...) PRAE / (...)VM Collingwood tentatively suggested a dedication to Mars Cocidius by a prefect of the Fourth Cohort of Lingonians. Wright felt that hardly enough remained to substantiate this.
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman dedication slab
Site Type: Specific
Inscription
HER Number
825
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 825 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1897, Donation to the Museum, 2, VII (for 1895-6), 298
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, 542-3 no. 7
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1307
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 5 no. 19
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806
DAY1
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429670
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565820
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
Part of a slab found before 1732 and seen by Horsley at Cousin's House (later Carville Hall) just west of Wallsend fort. Now lost. An inscription read: ...) VIVVS / ...) VIC(...) / ...)s(oluit (?)(.) "...fulfilled..."
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
Part of a slab found before 1732 and seen by Horsley at Cousin's House (later Carville Hall) just west of Wallsend fort. Now lost. ...) VIVVS / ...) VIC(...) / ...)s(oluit (?)(.) "...fulfilled..."
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman dedication slab
Site Type: Specific
Dedication Stone
HER Number
824
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 824 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, 1974 ed., p. 208
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, no. 9
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, 543 no. 13
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1306
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 5 no. 18
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806,818
DAY1
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
429500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
Fragments of a slab, 13 x 20 inches, originally about 13 x 23 inches, with die 10 x 2 inches, found in 1892 in the allotments at Philiphaugh west of the fort. To the right of a figure of Mercury stands a cock on an altar, to his left a goat. An inscription reads: D(eo) M(ercurio) (...) DIA / NE; (... "To the god Mercury..."
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Fragments of a slab, 13 x 20 in, originally about 13 x 23 in, with die 10 x 2 in, with a figure of Mercury: found in 1892 in the allotments at Philiphaugh west of the fort. To his right stands a cock on an altar, to his left a goat. D(eo) M(ercurio) (...) DIA / NE (... "To the god Mercury..." Dated C2.
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman dedication slab
Site Type: Specific
Grave Slab
HER Number
823
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 823 >> F. Haverfield, 1893, 2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, V (for 1891-2), 187 and fig.
R. Blair, 1895, Roman Inscriptions etc. Wallsend,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VI (for 1893-4), pl. opp. 138
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, 542 no. 5
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1304
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I, no. 203
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 5 no. 17
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806,818
DAY1
29
DAY2
22
District
Newcastle
Easting
429500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
9
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
Two portions (which do not join) of a sculptured slab, 14.5 x 14 inches, with die 10 x 2.5 inches. On the left is a goat, and on the right the feet of Mercury. Found in, or shortly before, 1894 near RIB nos. 1299 & 1301 (HER nos. 819 & 820), in the allotments at Philiphaugh west of the fort. An inscription reads: Deo M(ercurio) s(igil(lum) (?)) d(edicauit) et p(osuit) coh(ors) / II Ner(uioru)m pago / ...diorum; "To the god Mercury the second Cohort of Nervians from the district of... dedicated and set up this statuette". Spain added that Brand had noticed the upper part of a sculptured caduceus lying before the door of Bees Houses (Stote's House) in 1783, and suggested that this might have been another part of HER no. 822 as Brand had remarked that a mutilated statue of Mercury found between the farm house and the river "a few years before" was broken in pieces by a maid servant. Stote's House subsequently became Stott's House Farm.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Two portions (which do not join) of a sculptured slab, 14.5 x 14 ins, with die 10 x 2.5 ins. On the left is a goat, and on the right the feet of Mercury. Found in, or shortly before, 1894 near RIB 1299 and 1301 SMR 819, 820), in the allotments at Philiphaugh west of the fort. Deo M(ercurio) s(igil(lum) (?)) d(edicauit) et p(osuit) coh(ors) / II Ner(uioru)m pago / ...diorum "To the god Mercury the second Cohort of Nervians from the district of... dedicated and set up this statuette". Spain added that Brand had noticed the upper part of a sculptured caduceus lying before the door of Bees Houses (Stote's House) in 1783, and suggested that this might have been another part of SMR 822 as Brand had remarked that a mutilated statue of Mercury found between the farm house and the river "a few years before" was broken in pieces by a maid servant. Stote's House became Stott's House Farm. Dated C2.
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman sculptured slab
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
822
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 822 >> R. Blair, 1895, Roman Inscriptions etc. Wallsend, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VI (for 1893-4), p. 138 and pl.
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 542 no. 6
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1303
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I nos. 202, 204, pp. 67-8 and pl. 53
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 5 nos. 16, 20
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1992
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle and N Tyneside
Easting
430000
EASTING2
29
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MAP2
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
565000
NORTHING2
65
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
Altar, 15 x 32 inches, with plain sides. Found before 1732 at Wallsend, later acquired by Brand, and in 1864 passed as part of the Brand Collection to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. An inscription reads:... / ... / Di)dius Seue / rus praef(ectus) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito) "... Didius Severus, prefect, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow".
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Altar, 15 x 32 ins, with plain sides. Found before 1732 at Wallsend, later acquired by Brand, and in 1864 passed as part of the Brand Collection to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. ... / ... / Di)dius Seue / rus praef(ectus) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito) "... Didius Severus, prefect, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow".
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman altar
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
821
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 821 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p. 208
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 604 n. g
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1302
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806,818
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
429500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
Two fragments of an altar, together 15 x 10 inches; on the left side decorated with part of a belted figure, on the right a knife and part of a hatchet. Found in, or shortly before, 1894 in the Wallsend allotments at Philiphaugh. An inscription reads: I(oui) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / (Cor)nel(ius) / Celer pr / aef(ectus) coh(ortis) / IIII L(ing)(onum) / ...; "To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, Cornelius Celer, prefect of the Fourth Cohort of Lingonians, set this up".
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Two fragments of an altar, together 15 x 10 ins; on left side part of a belted figure, on right knife with part of a hatchet above. Found in, or shortly before, 1894 in the Wallsend allotments at Philiphaugh. I(oui) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / (Cor)nel(ius) / Celer pr / aef(ectus) coh(ortis) / IIII L(ing)(onum) / ... "To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, Cornelius Celer, prefect of the Fourth Cohort of Lingonians, set this up".
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman altar
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
820
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 820 >> R. Blair, 1895, Roman Inscriptions etc. Wallsend, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VI (for 1893-4), p. 138 and pl.
F. Haverfield, 1895, On an inscription at Wallsend, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VI (for 1893-4), p. 223
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 541-2 no. 3
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1301
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 5 no. 15
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806,818
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
429580
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 NE 6
Northing
565710
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
An altar (17 x 36 inches), on a socketed base (24 x 6 inches), was found in 1892 in garden 20, belonging to Mr Arnott, in the newly made Wallsend allotments west of Wallsend Fort. These allotments were more precisely described as in front of Philiphaugh, c. 475 metres west of the fort. An inscription reads: I(oui) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / coh(ors) IIII Lin / gonum eq(uitata) / aii attendit / Iul(ius) Honor / atus c(enturio) leg(ionis) II / Aug(ustae) u(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito); "To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, the Fourth Cohort of Lingonians, part-mounted, under the command of Julius Honoratus, centurion of the Second Legion Augusta, willingly and deservedly fulfilled its vow".
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
An altar (17 x 36 ins), on a socketed base (24 x 6 ins), was found in 1892 in garden 20, belonging to Mr Arnott, in the newly made Wallsend allotments west of Wallsend Fort. These allotments were more precisely described as in front of Philiphaugh (6), c. 475 m west of the fort.(5) I(oui) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / coh(ors) IIII Lin / gonum eq(uitata) / aii attendit / Iul(ius) Honor / atus c(enturio) leg(ionis) II / Aug(ustae) u(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito) "To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, the Fourth Cohort of Lingonians, part- mounted, under the command of Julius Honoratus, centurion of the Second Legion Augusta, willingly and deservedly fulfilled its vow". The grid ref is that on the OS card.
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman altar
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
819
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 819 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1893, Exhibited, 2, V (for 1891-2), 164-6
F. Haverfield, 1894, A New Altar from Wallsend dedicated to Jupiter, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVI, 76-80
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1907, 3, II (for 1905-06), 279
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 541 no. 1
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1299
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 4 no. 14
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806
DAY1
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
429500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
One or more temples may have existed on the west side of Philiphaugh. Altars, dedication slabs and sculpture - representing at least three deities - were recovered during the digging of allotments in 1892. In one allotment (no. 17) "the tenant declared that nine inches below the surface his allotment is traversed by the foundations of two broad walls, one running from west to east, and the other from north to south". There is no precise location - the stones came from the "south end" of the allotments, and lay "about one hundred yards from the line of the Roman Wall". Lewis infers the existence of a temple to Mercury; Phillips suggests the statue of Minerva may have stood on a parade ground since it was found with an official dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. The allotments are now covered by buildings.
SITEASS
Though the allotments are now covered by buildings any redevelopment here should be preceded by excavation.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
One or more temples may have existed on the west side of Philiphaugh. Altars, dedication slabs and sculpture - representing at least three deities - were recovered during the digging of allotments in 1892. In one allotment (no. 17) "the tenant declared that nine inches below the surface his allotment is traversed by the foundations of two broad walls, one running from west to east, and the other from north to south". There is no precise location, - the stones came from the "south end" of the allotments, and lay "about one hundred yards from the line of the Roman Wall". Lewis infers the existence of a temple to Mercury; Phillips suggests the statue of Minerva may have stood on a parade ground since it was found with an official dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman temple(s)
Site Type: Specific
Temple
HER Number
818
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 818 >> Newcastle Daily Journal, 1892, 9 May, 15 July 1892
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1893, Exhibited, 2, V (for 1891-2), pp. 164-6, 187-8
F. Haverfield, 1894, A New Altar from Wallsend dedicated to Jupiter, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVI, 76-80
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, 541-3
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, 127
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I p. 70
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, pp. 3-4, no. 10
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
198
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566000
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Wallsend
Description
During his excursion to the Wall in 1807, Dr. John Lingard was told by Mrs. Buddle "that in digging a cellar under the dining room of Mr. Buddle's house, a deep well was found with great quantities of bones, and horns of animals of the ox, stag and boar kinds in it...". John Buddle's house (Wallsend House) lay just within the west wall of the fort.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
During his excursion to the Wall in 1807, Dr John Lingard was told by Mrs. Buddle "that in digging a cellar under the dining room of Mr. Buddle's house, a deep well was found with great quantities of bones, and horns of animals of the ox, stag and boar kinds in it...". John Buddle's house (Wallsend House) lay just within the west wall of the fort.
Site Name
Wallsend Fort, well under Wallsend House
Site Type: Specific
Well
HER Number
817
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 817 >> R.C. Bosanquet, ed. 1929, Dr. John Lingard's Notes on the Roman Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, VI, p.
J. Hodgson, 1840, History of Northumberland, Part 2, Vol. III, p. 171n.
J.C. Bruce & C.M.Daniels, 1978, Wallsend (Segedunum), Handbook to the Roman Wall, 13th ed., p. 58