Remnants of Roman fort at Netherby, Cumbria
Date
1745-1763
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p66
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 406mm
width (paper): 306mm
width (paper): 306mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A pen drawing of the remnants of a Roman fort found at Netherby in Cumbria. A quarter of the page is missing, but it is inscribed in pen that the building was in 'the Parish of Arthuret' and discovered in 1745. It also notes that the altar (drawn top right) was discovered earlier.
Transcription
One quarter of the page missing. 'the Parish of Arthuret County of .... the year 1745.... Building at Netherby' 'This altar was found standing at G. several years before the building now taken up'.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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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