More information : (NZ 195355). 2294. Part of a cylindrical milestone of
millstone grit, 15 in. high, 15 in. wide (1/8), found about 1910 on
the line of the Roman branch-road to the north-east from Willington,
Co. Durham, on the east side of Willington Burn and west of
Cumberland Terrace, Willington (see map in AA4xv (1938) 365).
Rediscovered in 1941 in the garden of Laurel House, Willington. The
inscribed face is rounded but the back is broken off, and the
upper and lower parts of the column have been cut off. It is
probably not to be identified with the milestone which was found
about 1/2 mile west of Willington shortly before Hutchinson's
visit, in or before 1794, for this was 'squared down and defaced,
to make the pillar of a shed for cattle'. Now (1942) in the
possession of Mr JJ Wilkinson at Laurel House. Drawn by RPW,1942.
JRS xxxiii (1943) 80 pl. VII 2. Wilkinson PSAN4x (1943) 89. See
also Hutchinson Durham iii (1794) 318.
Imp(eratori) Caes ari Marco Ant(onio) Gordiano [...
'For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus ....'
Gordian III, A.D. 238-44. See also RIB 2289, 2295. (1)
This milestone has now been moved by Mrs D Wilkinson to Cherry Tree
House, Wolsingham. (2)
The milestone was removed from Cherry Tree House (NZ 07153725)
Wolsingham about 1975. Mrs. Wilkinson is now deceased and its
whereabouts are unknown. (3)
In 1974 the milestone was bequeathed to the Department of Archaeology at Durham University by the late Mrs D. Wilkinson and is now in the Old Fulling Mill, The Banks, Durham. (4)
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