On a recent visit to Newcastle's Great North Museum: Hancock, I fell upon this little piece of history relating to my home patch, Denton Burn. The inscription seems to intimate that the section of Wall hereabouts was built by a soldiery unit from modern-day Romania, led by a Thracian (from modern-day Greece). However, further research suggests that it pertains to the construction of the Vallum a little to the south of the Wall. Here's a drawing of the inscription:
In case you're wondering, it was found on the north edge of the south mound of the Vallum, during the construction of the present-day housing estate in the late 1930s. The exact point of discovery was the top of Heathwell Road, where it meets the thoroughfare known as West Vallum. The slab would have been laid, on show, in the side of the earthen Vallum.
Anyway, that's the short version of the story. If you'd like a little more detail, then click here.
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