MVTVANTONIS?

Iron-Trading Port

Hastings, East Sussex?

NGRef: TQ8009
OSMap: LR199
Type: Iron-Mines, Iron-Trading Port.
Roads
Probable Road: N (31) to Maidstone (Kent)
Probable Road: NE (36) to PORTVS LEMANIS (Lympne, Kent) avoiding Romney Marshes

Ten Roman Iron-Mines Within Eight Miles of Hastings in East Sussex

TQ7413Pepperingeye
TQ7510Byne's Farm
TQ7513Fore Wood
TQ7617Petley Wood
TQ7712Park Farm
TQ7720Footlands
TQ7814Beauport Park
TQ7817Oaklands
TQ8121Chitcombe
TQ8420Burnthouse Wood

There is a single inscription on stone recorded for the Hastings area.

Latin Inscription from Beauport Park 3 Miles North-West of Hastings

... AVG...E NOVO ... IVSSIT VILICVS C A BASSI... T
"[...] for the Emperor [...] I am renewing [...] by this command, Vilicus administered through the agency of Bassus¹ [...] this inscription.²"
(RIB 66a; Britannia II (1971), p.289, no.2; Britannia XIX (1988), p.261)
  1. The entire text is open to interpretation. This particular phrase is based on the expansion C[uram] A[gens]. An alternative could be C[ustos] A[rmorum] 'custodian of the armoury'.
  2. The last letter has been expanded to T[itulus], although T[ribunus] 'military tribune' may also be argued. In addition, the last name mentioned in the text may be Bassianus.
See: Historical Map and Guide - Roman Britain by the Ordnance Survey (3rd, 4th & 5th eds., 1956, 1994 & 2001).

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