Wallsend vicus, Roman altar
Wallsend vicus, Roman altar
HER Number
821
District
Newcastle and N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman altar
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
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, 15 x 32 inches, with plain sides. Found before 1732 at Wallsend, later acquired by Brand, and in 1864 passed as part of the Brand Collection to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. An inscription reads:... / ... / Di)dius Seue / rus praef(ectus) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito) "... Didius Severus, prefect, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow".
Easting
430000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ430000565000
Sources
<< HER 821 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p. 208
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 604 n. g
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1302
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 604 n. g
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1302