Denton, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1256

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Roman building-stone

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE NZ26NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A building-stone found before 1732 by the side of the road at Denton. Once in Horsley's possession, now lost.

Easting:
19

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ1965

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1256 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p. 213 Northumberland ix f J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 45 (NOT 46) G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 561 no. 5 C.E. Stevens, 1948, The Building of Hadrian's Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXVI, 34 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1354