Rare Roman graffiti in Cumbria quarry to be captured in 3D

The Written Rock of Gelt at risk from sandstone erosion and the site’s inaccessibility

Rare Roman graffiti from AD207, which includes a quarry worker’s caricature poking fun at a commanding officer and a good luck phallus symbol, is to be recorded for future generations because of it is danger of being lost.

Details have been announced of a project to document inscriptions in a Roman quarry near Hadrian’s Wall known as the Written Rock of Gelt, which are among only a handful left in England.

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