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Middlebie
Inscribed Stone (Roman)
Site Name Middlebie
Classification Inscribed Stone (Roman)
Canmore ID 67076
Site Number NY27NW 19
NGR NY 21 76
NGR Description NY c. 21 76
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67076
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Middlebie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY27NW 19 c. 21 76.
Part of a stone, inscribed . . .)AXAN(. . . / . . .)CONIS(. . . was seen in the 18th century built into a house at Middlebie. Presumably it derived from the nearby fort, Birrens (NY27NW 4). It is now lost.
A Gordon 1726; J Horsley 1732; T Pennant 1776; J Nichols 1780-90; R G Collingwood and R P Wright 1965.
Middlebie, (Roman) inscriptions. Probably from Birrens. RIB 2106 (NMS) and RIB 2116 (lost).
R G Collingwood and R P Wright 1995; RCAHMS 1997.
