Walbottle, Roman building-stone

HER Number:
1280

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walbottle, Roman building-stone

Place:
Walbottle

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, 12 x 7.5 inches, found in, or before, 1857 at Walbottle". Inscribed: F))elix((... or f))elix(( "...F))elix..." or "...fortunate..." "...The letter F was probably inscribed on the preceding stone, now missing, either to form the proper name Felix or to express the good fortune of someone".

Easting:
17161

Northing:
66371

Grid Reference:
NZ1716166371

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1280 >> J.C. Bruce, 1857, Catalogue of the Inscribed and Sculptured Roman Stones... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, I, 243 no. 72 J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 50 G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 562 no. 7 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain,1378