South Shields vicus, Roman altar
South Shields vicus, Roman altar
HER Number
892
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
Altar, 16 inches x 34 inches, found in 1895 at the junction of Trajan Street and Baring Street, about 100 yards south of the south-west angle of the fort... On back a bird; on right side patera; on left jug. Its n inscription reads: Deae Bri/gantiae / Sacrum / Congenn(i)c/cus u(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito) Sacred to the goddess Brigantia; Congeniccus willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
Easting
436500
Northing
567730
Grid Reference
NZ436500567730
Sources
<< HER 892 >> R. Blair, 1895, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 2, XV, 404
R. Blair, 1897, A newly discovered Roman altar at South Shields,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VII (for 1895-6), 44-46
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1053
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc. I no. 233
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, No. 3
R. Blair, 1897, A newly discovered Roman altar at South Shields,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VII (for 1895-6), 44-46
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1053
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc. I no. 233
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, No. 3