Castle Garth, Roman altar
Castle Garth, Roman altar
HER Number
1459
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Garth, Roman altar
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, 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
425100
Northing
563910
Grid Reference
NZ425100563910
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
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