Moot Hall, two Roman altars

Moot Hall, two Roman altars

HER Number
1470
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Moot Hall, two Roman altars
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
In February 1810, during the "digging of the foundation for the county courts ... near the north-east corner of the courthouse were found two Roman altars, one bearing an illegible inscription, the other plain.
Easting
425110
Northing
563860
Grid Reference
NZ425110563860
Sources
<< HER 1470 >> J. Hodgson, 1812, Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 2, 304
J. Sykes, 1833, Local Records, II, 51-52
J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, pp. 127-9
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 502, 545, nos. 5, 6