Denton, Roman altar
Denton, Roman altar
HER Number
1268
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Denton, Roman altar
Place
Denton
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Altar
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
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
419000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ419000565000
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
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