Accession No
D 1970.13
Description
Limestone milestone, rectangular cross-section with rounded corners and straight sides. Flat base and top, rough weathered surface. Inscription on one side reads: 'For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Annius Florianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus, one mile.'
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Huntingdonshire; Cambridgeshire; Castor; Chesterton
Period
Roman 3rd century AD 276
Source
Trinity College, Cambridge [depositor]; Cotton, Robert (Sir) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
D 1970.13; MAA: TEMP.00238; UNID 137359; RIB 2235
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Limestone
Local Term
Measurements
260mm x 945mm x 410mm Weight 186.5kg
Events
Context (References)
For more bibliographical references, see Collingwood and Wright (1965).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Illustrated London News, 592.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Ephemeris Epigraphica, ix p. 634.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Field collection)
Found: Found 1 mile south of Castor (Durobrivae) in 1785, in a field called Bridge Close, Chesterton, Hunts
Collected by: Sir Robert Cotton
Event Date 1785
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
'Milestone of limestone, oval in section and broken below. Found in 1785 1 mile south of Castor (Durobriuae) in a field called Bridge Close, in the ditch west of the north gate of the Roman town called The Castles at Chesterton, Hunts.' (Collingwood and Wright 1956).
Event Date 1785
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. 1863. Vii, Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae, ed. Aemilius Huener. Berline, 1873, vii 1156.
Event Date 1863
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Inscription)
Collingwood and Wright translation of inscription reads: 'For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Annius Florianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus, one mile.' See Collingwood and Wright for transcription.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. (1965). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Vol 1: Inscriptions on Stone. Clarendon Press. Number 2235.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (CMS Description)
Milestone. Dedicated to Emperor Florian (AD 276).
Event Date 27/9/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Milestone of limestone, oval in section.
Event Date 24/4/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Milestone of limestone, oval cross-section, with inscription: 'For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Annius Florianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus, one mile.'
Event Date 24/3/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Limestone milestone, rectangular cross-section with rounded corners and straight sides. Flat base and top, rough weathered surface. Inscription on one side reads: 'For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Annius Florianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus, one mile.'
Event Date 23/4/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:68818
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