Denton, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1265

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Roman building-stone

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Building-stone, 10 x 8 x 2.5 inches, found in 1936 west of Denton Burn on the north side of the south mound of the Vallum, south of turret 7b and immediately opposite HER ref. 1264, of which it is the counterpart. Inscribed: c(enturia) Val(eri) / Fl(avi) The century of Valerius Flavus (built this).

Easting:
1985

Northing:
6538

Grid Reference:
NZ19856538

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1265 >> R.G. Collingwood, 1937, Roman Britain in 1936: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XXVII, 248 G.R.B. Spain, 1937, Centurial Stone, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VII (for 1935-36), pp. 158-9 I.A. Richmond & E.B. Birley, 1937, Centurial Stones from the Vallum west of Denton Burn, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 227-31, fig. 5 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1363