Denton, Romano-Celtic stone head

HER Number:
1292

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Romano-Celtic stone head

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Religious Structural Object

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C1-C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1969 a sandstone head was found in the garden of 10 The Burnside, West Denton, less than 100 metres south of Hadrian's Wall, near the site of Milecastle 8. The topsoil for the gardens of The Burnside came from work on the A69. The head is roughly cubic in shape, 21.5 cm high x 22.2 cm wide x 26 cm deep, and only the face and forward part of the left side are carved. The other surfaces are formed by natural breaks, and these predate the carving which was thus done on a random stone. For this "... particularly fine example of the so- called Romano-Celtic cult head..." a first or second century date is suggested.

Easting:
191

Northing:
658

Grid Reference:
NZ191658

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1292 >> R.M. Harrison, 1970, A Sandstone Head from West Denton, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVIII, 347-8 Pers comm. L. Allason-Jones, 1993 E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I, no. 315