Record ID: LANCUM-27A028
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone fragment carved in the shape of a bull which is late 1st to 2nd century AD. It is 250mm long with a width of 170mm approx. It is possibly related to the Legion VI Vitrix from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known. Recent renovation work on a barn-wall, involving the removal of plaster rendering, has revealed a bull's head, sculpted from red sandstone. See also LANCUM-279651, LANCUM-277A53 and LANCUM-273C82 for related finds.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-279651
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone fragment carved in the shape of a pine cone from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known possibly late 1st to 2nd century AD. The length is 430mm and width 300mm. See also LANCUM-27a028, LANCUM-277A53 and LANCUM-273C82 for related finds.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-277A53
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known. The inscription appears to military and relatively early possibly late 1st to 2nd century AD. The length is 560mm, the width 340mm and the thickness 50mm. See also Lancum-279651, Lancum-27A028 and Lancum-273C82 for related finds. The inscription reads:- ]XVIIII A[ ]MACVV[ • ]AIVR[ ]ONIV[ ]DVMO[ •
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-273C82
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known probably dating to the late 2nd century AD. As regards the date of the tombstone, the three upper entries are for men of the gens Aurelia, which presumably points to enfranchisement of the family in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, perhaps at the completion of military service in an auxiliary unit. It could even be that some of the 5, 500 Sarmatians sent to Britain during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (Dio Cassius History of Rome 72.16, 2), were posted…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.