More information : (SO 51103990) Roman Altar found AD 1821 (NAT). (1)
Altar, 17 x 40 ins, with plain sides and with inscription almost
obliterated. Found in 1821 in digging foundations for the SubscriptionBilliard Room adjoining the Permanent Library in St John Street.,
Hereford. Presented to the Library and later lost to sight;
rediscovered in, or shortly before, 1877. Now in the Hereford City
Mus. It may have come from the Roman Town of Kenchester.
DEO SILUANO S........... 'To the god Silvanus.......' (2)
Donated to the Hereford City Museum in 1879 (Acc No 9318) by Mr J.T.
Owen Fowler. (3)
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