Castle Garth, Roman altar

HER Number

1467

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Castle Garth, Roman altar

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Stone

Site Type: Specific

Dedication Stone

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

The capital and upper right hand portion of the die of a buff sandstone altar measuring 0.33 x 0.35 x 0.11 metres. Found in 1977 in apost-Roman cemetery layer in Railway Arch 2, during archaeological excavations in Castle Garth. Inscribed: MATRIBUS ((.))G((.))O ((...)) LEG ((...))V ((

Easting

425020

Northing

563880

Grid Reference

NZ425020563880

Sources

<< HER 1467 >> Britannia, 1978, Vol. 9, p. 475