Denton, Roman altar

HER Number:
1268

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Roman altar

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Religious Structural Object

Site Type: Specific:
Altar

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Upper part of an altar, 5.5 x 7 inches, inscribed on its face and both sides. Found in 1822 on the Wall a few yards west of Denton Hall (sector 7b-8). Formerly at Denton Hall (in 1875), now apparently lost. Inscribed: Iou/i O(ptimo) / M(aximo) / ((... "To Jupiter, Best and Greatest..."

Easting:
19

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ1965

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1268 >> M.A. Richardson, 1843, The Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, III, 260 J.C. Bruce, 1867, The Roman Wall, 3rd ed., 120 J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale, 17 R.G. Collingwood, 1927, Roman Britain in 1927: Inscriptions, Journal Roman studies, XVII, 218 G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Northumberland County History, XIII, 560 no. 1 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1366