Paper on a Roman altar found in Northumberland
Reference code
SAL/01/02/03/06
Title
Paper on a Roman altar found in Northumberland
Date
27 September 1803
Level of description
item
Extent and format
2 pp
Scope and content
Letter from Nicholas Teasdale describing a Roman altar discovered in a field in Northumberland.
Mentioned in the minutes for 10th November 1803: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.030.003
Alston Moor Historical Society provide a brief history of the object: https://alstonmoorhistoricalsociety.org.uk/articles/articles-post/?permalink=the-lost-altar-of-epiacum
While the Bedford Museum doesn’t have an online collections catalogue Wikimedia has an image of the altar in the gallery dated to 2010: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HerculesAltarBedfordMuseum.JPG
However in 2010 it was described as being moved to offsite storage: https://thehigginsbedfordcollections.blogspot.com/2011/07/stone-altar-to-hercules-from-roman-fort.html
Mentioned in the minutes for 10th November 1803: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.030.003
Alston Moor Historical Society provide a brief history of the object: https://alstonmoorhistoricalsociety.org.uk/articles/articles-post/?permalink=the-lost-altar-of-epiacum
While the Bedford Museum doesn’t have an online collections catalogue Wikimedia has an image of the altar in the gallery dated to 2010: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HerculesAltarBedfordMuseum.JPG
However in 2010 it was described as being moved to offsite storage: https://thehigginsbedfordcollections.blogspot.com/2011/07/stone-altar-to-hercules-from-roman-fort.html
Creator
Feasdale, Nicholas