Newcastle, White Friars Tower, Roman altar

HER Number:
1439

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, White Friars Tower, Roman altar

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Religious Structural Object

Site Type: Specific:
Altar

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

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:
2484

Northing:
6366

Grid Reference:
NZ24846366

Lats/Lons:

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