Remnants of Roman fort at Netherby, Cumbria
Date
1732-1763
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p65
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 314mm
width (paper): 205mm
width (paper): 205mm
Description
A pen drawing of a Roman fort at Netherby, Cumbria, with an inscription at the top in ink: 'A draught of the Discoverys made at Netherby in the Parish of Arthuret of County of Cumberland in the Month of May in the Year of our Lord 1745.'
This was printed as tab. 11 for John Taylor, ‘Observations on two ancient Roman inscriptions discovered at Netherby in Cumberland’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 53 (1763), pp. 133-39.
This was printed as tab. 11 for John Taylor, ‘Observations on two ancient Roman inscriptions discovered at Netherby in Cumberland’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 53 (1763), pp. 133-39.
Transcription
In ink: 'A draught of the Discoverys made at Netherby in the Parish of Arthuret of County of Cumberland in the Month of May in the Year of our Lord 1745.' Legends a the bottom of the scheme.
'N.B. Most of the Rooms were floor'd with a small thick Flagg laid in Cement, with these Course of Pavement below.'
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
'N.B. Most of the Rooms were floor'd with a small thick Flagg laid in Cement, with these Course of Pavement below.'
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
John Taylor, ‘Observations on two ancient Roman inscriptions discovered at Netherby in Cumberland’, Phil. Trans., 53 (1763),
pp. 133-39, tab. 11. The discoveries at Netherby date back to 1732, and the inscriptions were discovered in 1762.
John Taylor is identified in the paper as the Revd. John Taylor, LLD, Canon Residentiary of St Paul's, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln.
pp. 133-39, tab. 11. The discoveries at Netherby date back to 1732, and the inscriptions were discovered in 1762.
John Taylor is identified in the paper as the Revd. John Taylor, LLD, Canon Residentiary of St Paul's, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln.
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