White Friars Tower, Roman altar
White Friars Tower, Roman altar
HER Number
1439
District
Newcastle
Site Name
White Friars Tower, Roman altar
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
An alter, c. 10 x 16 inches, without any inscription, was found on 9th January, 1844 during the demolition of White Friar Tower, in the bed of an old watercourse 10-11 feet below the tower's floor. Once in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle.
Easting
424840
Northing
563660
Grid Reference
NZ424840563660
Sources
<< HER 1439 >> G.B. Richardson, 1844, Account of the Discovery of some Roman Relics in the Western Suburbs, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, III, 149
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones Newcastle, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 546 no. 9
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones Newcastle, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 546 no. 9