Melrose Parish
Inscribed Stone (Roman)
Site Name Melrose Parish
Classification Inscribed Stone (Roman)
Canmore ID 55605
Site Number NT53NW 9
NGR NT 54 34
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Melrose
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT53NW 9 Unlocated.
A stone with a Latin inscription which was lately dug up in this parish, and which is now in the possession of the family of Drygrange, seems to have formed part of a Roman altar. Dedicated to the god Silvanus by Curius Domitianus of the 20th Legion, "pro salute sua et suorum".
As the Romans had never been so far north before Domitian nor after Severus, the inscription must belong to the 2nd century.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council