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) |