Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman altar

HER Number:
1459

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman altar

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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 altar, 10 x 23 inches, found in 1932 in making an eastward extension of the County Council Offices, Newcastle. Inscribed: I(oui) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / pro salu/te et uictor/ia Aug(usti) - To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, for the welfare and victory of the Emperor.

Easting:
2510

Northing:
6391

Grid Reference:
NZ25106391

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1459 >> Journal Roman Studies, 1933, XXIII, 214 G.R.B. Spain, 1935, Curators' Annual Report, 1933,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), 197 G.R.B. Spain, 1933, An Altar dedicated to Jupiter found in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, X, 109-110 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1316 E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I, no. 195