Market Hall Inscription
This is a fragment of a much larger inscription, finely carved onto Welsh slate, which was discovered close to the fort's principia. Professor Mason has said that:
- ... Inscriptions of this type are comparatively scarce ... it therefore seems likely to belong to the administrative class of inscription, generally written out in full ... which were set up as a public record of official decisions taken at the highest level of government.
Examples of important inscriptions of this nature include treaties with local tribes and declarations of rights. The text of this inscription cannot be reconstructed from this small fragment, but it appears to talk about the 'fortress', an 'amicable conclusion', and someone being 'against the regime'.
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