Monument Number 209218 |
Hob Uid: 209218 | |
Location : Gloucestershire Cotswold Westonbirt with Lasborough
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Grid Ref : ST8390092500 |
Summary : A gabled Roman tombstone was found a few years before 1779 in Bowdownfield, Lasborough. It is now lost. A Roman coin has also been found. |
More information : A gabled tombstone was found a few years before 1779 in Bowldownfield in the parish of Lasborough. R G Collingwood sought in vain for it at Kingscote House in 1922, and it is now apparently lost. The translation of the inscription reads: "To the spirits of the departed; Sulicena lived 14 (or more) years." (Bowldown Farm ST 839925, is close to Nesley Farm where a Roman tombstone was found circa 1846. See ST 89 SE 6). (1-2) Bowldown: Roman coins found. (3) Major Vernon knows nothing of either the tombstone or the coins. (4)
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