River Tyne, Roman altar to Neptune
River Tyne, Roman altar to Neptune
HER Number
1462
District
Newcastle
Site Name
River Tyne, Roman altar to Neptune
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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 altar broken into three fragments, 20 x 48 inches, found in 1875 on the site of the Roman bridge in the north channel of the Tyne at Newcastle, in building the Swing Bridge. The base, 24 x 7.5 inches, on which it stands was found in 1903 with HER ref. 1463. On the front panel there is a vertical trident entwined by a dolphin. Inscribed: Neptuno le(gio) / VI Vi(ctrix)/ P(ia) F(idelis) - To Neptune the Sixth Legion Victrix Pia Fidelis (set this up).
Easting
425190
Northing
563750
Grid Reference
NZ425190563750
Sources
<< HER 1462 >> Dr. Hodgkin, 1885, Altar etc. from the Tyne,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, I (for 1882-84), 163-4
C. Bruce, 1887, Catalogue of the Inscribed and Sculptured Stones... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XII, 7-8, no. 13
R.O. Heslop, 1904, Discovery of Roman Inscriptions, etc., at Newcastle, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXV, 133, 135-6
R.O. Heslop, 1905, A Roman Altar to 'Oceanus' and Altar Base from the Tyne Bridge, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), 50-52
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones Newcastle, Northumberland County History, XIII, 543-4, no. 1
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1319
C. Caplan, 197?, Musuem Notes, 1976. 1. To Neptune and to Oceanus, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, IV, 171-6
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I, no. 213
C. Bruce, 1887, Catalogue of the Inscribed and Sculptured Stones... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XII, 7-8, no. 13
R.O. Heslop, 1904, Discovery of Roman Inscriptions, etc., at Newcastle, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXV, 133, 135-6
R.O. Heslop, 1905, A Roman Altar to 'Oceanus' and Altar Base from the Tyne Bridge, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), 50-52
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones Newcastle, Northumberland County History, XIII, 543-4, no. 1
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1319
C. Caplan, 197?, Musuem Notes, 1976. 1. To Neptune and to Oceanus, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, IV, 171-6
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I, no. 213