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Monument Number 20272
Hob Uid: 20272
Location : Northumberland Shotley Low Quarter
Grid Ref : NZ0980055200
Summary : An inscribed Roman Altar to Cocidius was found in 1874 on the north bank of the Derwent opposite Bludderburn Dene in the West Haugh Field of Newlands Haugh Farm. The altar was about 3ft high by 16" wide. In 1940 it was in Upshaw College near Durham, but its location can no longer be confirmed.
More information : (NAME NZ 098805520) Roman Altar found (T.I.) (1) An altar to Cocidius was found in 1874 on the north bank of the Derwent opposite Bludderburn Dene in the West Haugh Field of Newlands Haugh Farm. The O.S. map gives an approximate site. It is about 3ft high by 16ins wide and is inscribed:- DEO VERNO STONO COCIDI OVERIIIS GERVSL and was in the possession of James Surtees of Ebchester who presented it to the late Henry Swinburne of HamsterlyHall near Ebchester. (2) There have been some boubts as to its authenticity. Haverfield (a) does not accept it and Heunber (b) classes it under 'Falsa' but concedes that it may be a genuine altar recut. Bosanquet (c) thinks it had been tampered with but Bruce(d) and Collingwood (e) regard it as genuine so does Wright (2) whose argument is convincing. In 1940 it was in Upshaw College near Durham. (3) Location of the altar not confirmed. The field in which it was found is under plough. No further information. (4) Customer suggestion that the date should read 1784 recieved September 2016.(5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1923
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Source details : (R P Wright)
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Source details : Ro Brit and English Settlements, 262 ff
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Source details : Maclauclan H. 1852 'Memoirs of Watling Street' 17
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Source details : F1 FDC 10-MAY-54
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
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Monument Type : Altar
Evidence : Find

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 05 NE 4
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-05-10
End Date : 1954-05-10

Monument Number 20272