Tynemouth Priory, Roman altar
Tynemouth Priory, Roman altar
HER Number
120
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth Priory, Roman altar
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
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
Part of an altar, measuring 18 inches x 38 inches, was found, in 1783, in foundations on the north side of Tynemouth Priory. The decoration includes a figure, probably Hercules, with two snakes; and the inscription, I(oui) O(ptime) M(aximo)/Ael(ius) Rufus/praef(ectus) coh(ortis)/IIII Lingo/ num - "To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, Aelius Rufus, prefect of the Fourth Cohort of Lingonians (set this up)". It is assumed from the content of the inscription that this stone came from Wallsend. It is now at the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Easting
437300
Northing
569400
Grid Reference
NZ437300569400
Sources
<< HER 120 >> R.P. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain 1300
Illustration, Gent. Mag. Eugenio, 1786, LVI, 825, pl. II, 2-4
John Brand, 1787, Explanation of the Inscriptions on a Roman Altar...found 1783, Archaeologia VIII, pp. 326-8, pl. XXI, 1-3
Illustration, John Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, II, p. 65 note i, pl. opp. p. 47, 11.
Thomas Hodgson, 1822, observations on the Altar...found at Tynemouth in...1781, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, I, pp. 231-7
A. Way, 1847, Catalogue of antiquities...of the Society of Antiquaries of London 7
Aemilius Huebner, 1873, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VII, 493
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale 1, pp. 9-10
H.H.E. Craster, ed. 1907, Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland County History, VIII, 36-7 and fig. 1
Illustration, Gent. Mag. Eugenio, 1786, LVI, 825, pl. II, 2-4
John Brand, 1787, Explanation of the Inscriptions on a Roman Altar...found 1783, Archaeologia VIII, pp. 326-8, pl. XXI, 1-3
Illustration, John Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, II, p. 65 note i, pl. opp. p. 47, 11.
Thomas Hodgson, 1822, observations on the Altar...found at Tynemouth in...1781, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, I, pp. 231-7
A. Way, 1847, Catalogue of antiquities...of the Society of Antiquaries of London 7
Aemilius Huebner, 1873, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VII, 493
J.C. Bruce, 1875, Lapidarium Septentrionale 1, pp. 9-10
H.H.E. Craster, ed. 1907, Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland County History, VIII, 36-7 and fig. 1