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Monument Number 10527
Hob Uid: 10527
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Westward
Grid Ref : NY3395047420
Summary : A Roman Inscription is visible high up on the rock face at Shawk quarries near Rose Castle and refers to the second Augustan Legion.
More information : [NY 3395 4742] Written Rock [T.I.] (Site of). (1) A Roman inscription, high up on the rock face at Shawk quarries, near Rose Castle [NY 3746] refers to the Second Augustan Legion. Possibly the quarry provided stone for Old Carlisle or Hadrian's Wall.Crude figures and scrawls are probably Mediaeval. (2) Details of inscriptions. Now lost. (3)

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Source details : OS 6" (Prov.) 1957.
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : (Cha Carlisle)
Page(s) : 248-51
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Vol(s) : 1 - 1749

Source Number : 3
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Source details : Nos 1001-1003
Page(s) : 334-5
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Vol(s) : 1965

Monument Types:

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

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 34 NW 2
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Monument Number 10527