South Shields vicus, Roman altar
South Shields vicus, Roman altar
HER Number
895
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields vicus, Roman altar
Place
South Shields
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, 15 inches x 25 inches, found during building operations in 1897 at the east end of Vespasian Avenue, about 150 yards south-east of the fort. Its sides are plain. Its inscription reads: Iulius / Verax / c(enturio) leg(ionis) V((I)); ... Julius Verax, centurion of the Sixth Legion ...
Easting
436700
Northing
567800
Grid Reference
NZ436700567800
Sources
<< HER 895 >> F. Haverfield, 1898, Roman Inscription at South Shields, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIX, 273-4
R. Blair, 1898, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 2, XVII, 37-8 and fig.
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1057
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, No. 5
F. Haverfield, 1899, Roman Altar at South Shields, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VIII (for 1897-98), 110
R. Blair, 1898, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 2, XVII, 37-8 and fig.
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1057
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, No. 5
F. Haverfield, 1899, Roman Altar at South Shields, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VIII (for 1897-98), 110