OSMap: LR100
Type: Villa/Barrow
ESE (7) to DERVENTIO (Malton, North Yorkshire)
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NGRef: SE6675/SE6775 OSMap: LR100 Type: Villa/Barrow |
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Probable road: WSW (18) to ISVRIVM BRIGANTVM (Aldborough, North Yorkshire) ESE (7) to DERVENTIO (Malton, North Yorkshire) | |
A stone coffin was found c.1616 in a field at Eastness, near Hovingham in Yorkshire. Since lost, this is thought to represent the northernmost example of a Roman Barrow, all other known burial mounds of this period occur in the south-east.
| TITIA PINTA VIXIT ANN XXXVIII ET VAL ADIVTORI VIXIT ANN XX ET VARIALO VIXIT ANN XV VAL VINDICIANVS CONIVGI ET FILIS F C |
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| "For Titia Pinta who lived thirty-eight years, and Valerius Adiutoris who lived twenty years, and [Valerius] Varialus who lived fifteen years. Valerius Vindicianus had this made for his wife and sons." (RIB 720; stone coffin) |
There is a Roman temporary marching camp nearby at Wath.
