OSMap: LR97
Type: Milestone, Pottery Kiln, Tile Kiln, Possible Settlement.
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NGRef: SD5364 OSMap: LR97 Type: Milestone, Pottery Kiln, Tile Kiln, Possible Settlement. |
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NE (8) to CALACVM (Burrow-in-Lonsdale, Cumbria)
SW (4) to CALVNIVM (Lancaster, Lancashire) | |
| IMP CAES TR HADRIANO AVG P M T P COS III P P L... M P IIII |
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| "Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, with tribunician power, consul three times,¹ Father of the Fatherland,² four thousand paces from Lunium.³" (RIB 2272; milestone; AD128-38) |
The inscription shown above is from a Roman milestone found on the line of the road between Lancaster and Burrow-in-Lonsdale, 4 miles from Calunium and about 8 miles from Calacum, at the point where the road crossed the Artle Beck, a small tributary stream of the River Lune.
SD523622 - A Romano-British pottery kiln and a separate tile kiln have been discovered at Quernmore (SD5261) a short distance to the south of Caton. This stone-built kiln was uncovered in 1970 just south of Lythe Brow to the north of Quernmore, measuring 3 x 3½ feet (0.9 x 1.1 m), the kiln was apparently never never fired. A number of pottery kilns were uncovered here in the 18th century, along with items and fragments of pottery dating to the period AD80-150. There is another pottery kiln at Low Pleasant to the south of Quernmore (at SD521592), which was excavated during the early-20th century.
