South Shields vicus, Roman altar

HER Number:
895

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields vicus, Roman altar

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Religious Structural Object

Site Type: Specific:
Altar

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Part of an altar, 15 inches x 25 inches, found during building operations in 1897 at the east end of Vespasian Avenue, about 150 yards south-east of the fort. Its sides are plain. Its inscription reads: Iulius / Verax / c(enturio) leg(ionis) V((I)); ... Julius Verax, centurion of the Sixth Legion ...

Easting:
367

Northing:
678

Grid Reference:
NZ367678

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 895 >> F. Haverfield, 1898, Roman Inscription at South Shields, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIX, 273-4 R. Blair, 1898, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 2, XVII, 37-8 and fig. R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1057 P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, No. 5 F. Haverfield, 1899, Roman Altar at South Shields, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VIII (for 1897-98), 110