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XLVI. A Roman Inscription upon a Rock at Shawk Quarries, in Great Dalston, Cumberland, A. D. 1766

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Cha. Carlisle
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The drawing I now lay before you, contains a Roman inscription on a rock, situated at a place called Shawk Quarries, near Rose Castle in Cumberland, which has hitherto been overlooked by all our antiquaries, even by my famous predecessor Bishop Nicholson, though so near to his own mansion, and within his own manor of Dalston: I read it thus,

LEGIONIS SECVNDAE AVGVSTAE

MILITES POSVERVNT.

COHORS TERTIA–COHORS QVARTA.

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Research Article
Information
Archaeologia , Volume 1 , Volume 1, Original Edition, 1770 1 , 1770 , pp. 227 - 230
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1770

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