08-25-2010, 09:04 PM
Paul.
This is an interesting piece of information about tiles being made by the Ninth Legion on this earlier frontier, in fact there were 25 pottery and tile kilns found near Scalesceugh Hall in Cumbria. These workshops were found alongside a north / south Roman road which is now the modern A6 road leading to Carlisle, there were not only two tiles with Leg VIIII stamped on them but also a one with Leg XX V V so it looks like these two Legions had guys working together along this Trajanic line.
There is also a well known Roman fort just about a mile to the west at a little village named Wreay and the frontier continues at 255 degrees towards Maryport on the Cumbrian coast. It has also been a well known fact for many years now that a Roman road leaves Maryport on a heading of 75 degrees.
This is an interesting piece of information about tiles being made by the Ninth Legion on this earlier frontier, in fact there were 25 pottery and tile kilns found near Scalesceugh Hall in Cumbria. These workshops were found alongside a north / south Roman road which is now the modern A6 road leading to Carlisle, there were not only two tiles with Leg VIIII stamped on them but also a one with Leg XX V V so it looks like these two Legions had guys working together along this Trajanic line.
There is also a well known Roman fort just about a mile to the west at a little village named Wreay and the frontier continues at 255 degrees towards Maryport on the Cumbrian coast. It has also been a well known fact for many years now that a Roman road leaves Maryport on a heading of 75 degrees.
Brian Stobbs
