| HER Number (PRN): | 01650 |
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| Name: | Find in 1812 of Two Roman milestones near Moston |
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| Type of Record: | Find Spot |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Near Moston in 1812 parts of two Roman milestones inscribed IMP CAE and MP were found.
| Parish: | Weston-under-Redcastle, North Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ52NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 5566 2755 |
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Related records
| 00066 | Related to: Roman Road from Wroxeter to Rutinium, Whitchurch and Chester (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FSA235 - MILESTONE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Events
- ESA2191 - 1962 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
Description
Near Moston in 1812 parts of two Roman milestones inscribed IMP CAE and MP were found in a shallow pool lying on a bed of gravel (perhaps the ancient roadway ) (? SA 66). Two of the pieces measured 4ft 6ins, 1ft broad and 4ft long. In his MSS. (b) Blakeway gives a slightly different site" and
a not very intelligible sketch; hence Ephemeris Epigr. (c)" <1a>
Find sited by Miss Chitty at SJ5567 2755 <1b>
The precise find site was not established. OS FI 1962 <1>
Blakeway's notes [<1aii>] were quoted by Thompson Watkin in 1879 <2>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01650. |
| [01a] | SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p269 and footnote. |
| [01aii] | SSA277 - Manuscript: Blakeway. 1800. Blakeway MSS. Vol 17. p26. |
| [01ai] | SSA4489 - Monograph: Hill J. 1829. Antiquites of Hawkstone. p88. |
| [01b] | SSA5976 - Map annotation: Chitty Lily F. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. 1:10560. |
| [1aiii] | SSA5977 - Volume: Anon. 1881. Ephemeris Epigraphica. Ephemeris Epigraphica. Vol 4. p205, No 692. |
| [01] | SSA5978 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1962. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ52NE12 . Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ52NE12 . |
| [02] | SSA4315 - Article in serial: Watkin W T. 1879. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 1, Vol II (=Vol 2). p317-363. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 22 2021 11:31AM |
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