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Monument Number 22810
Hob Uid: 22810
Location : Northumberland Heddon-on-the-Wall
Grid Ref : NZ1338966888
Summary : Three Roman legionary and centurial stones, two now lost. The other is on the sill of a window in Heddon Church. The inscriptions read Leg XX V V Coh IV `From the 20th Legion Valeria Victrix the fourth Cohort (built this). IV L R V F "The century of Julius Rufus (built this)".
More information : NZ 134 669. Two inscribed Roman building stones, each about a foot square, were seen in 1807 by the Rev. J. Lingard (1a), built into the coach-house, and also above the stable door, of the vicarage at Heddon-on-the Wall. They were removed in 1823 by Sir Cuthbert Sharp and are now lost. The inscriptions, traced from the Lingard MS read:- Leg XX ) `From the 20th Legion V V ) Valeria Victrix the fourth Coh IV ) Cohort (built this)'. > IV L ) "The century of Julius Rufus R V F ) (built this)". (1-1c) The stones were reported donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle in 1823. (2) Not seen in the collection of Roman antiquities in the Black Gate Museum. (3) A further centurial stone found sometime before 1956, presumably at Heddon, is now on the sill of a window in the south aisle of Heddon Church. (4)

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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : MS (Rev Dr John Lingard - 1807: Soc Antiqs Newcastle)
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Vol 7 1863 (A Huebner)
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Source Number : 1c
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Source details : (Stevens)
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Vol(s) : 26, 1948

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Vol(s) : 2, 1832

Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 JHO 22-NOV-51
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Source Number : 4
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Page(s) : 229
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Vol(s) : 47, 1957

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Centurial Stone
Evidence : Find

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External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 1366/15
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 1386
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 1385
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 16 NW 14
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1951-11-22
End Date : 1951-11-22

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1993-08-01

Monument Number 22810