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Monument Number 10105
Hob Uid: 10105
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Bowness
Grid Ref : NY2240062600
Summary : Roman inscribed stones, possibly relaid as a floor surface, and a Roman coin hoard were found in the late 16th century, now lost.
More information : (Centred at NY 224 626) Leonard Lowther, rector of the parish, when digging to make a garden prior to 1597 (2) "found two inscribed stones laid face to face (apparently reused as flags or the like in a later reconstruction), one of them, part of an elaborate building inscription probably assignable to Caracalla; below the lower flag was a hoard of 15 or more coins", probably Roman, as one of them is recorded as being inscribed - obv Diva Augusta Faustina, rev Consecratio. (1-2) Details of inscription. Finds now lost. (3)

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Source details : Horsley J 1732 Britannia Romana
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Source details : (Lowther Bouch, CML)
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Monument Types:

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

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Inscribed Stone
Object Type : COIN HOARD
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 2262/10
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 2060
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 26 SW 16
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1993-08-01

Monument Number 10105