Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman altar

HER Number:
1468

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman altar

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Religious Structural Object

Site Type: Specific:
Altar

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An altar of yellow sandstone, 0.36 x 0.66 x 0.17 metres, complete, but very badly weathered. There are five lines of text within an inset panel: ((.))EO((...)) CIDIVCV F((.))CIT((...))V RNINVS ((.)) PRO((.)) ((... Perhaps Deo .../.../f((e))cit ((Sat))u/rninus ((?))? pro((... S (for s(ancto. The dedication remains obscure – perhaps to Saturninus. Found in 1977, in an unstratified context, in Railway Arch 1, during archaeological excavations in Castle Garth.

Easting:
2500

Northing:
6387

Grid Reference:
NZ25006387

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1468 >> Britannia, 1978, Vol. 9, p. 475