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MONUMENT NO. 10112

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A portion of a Roman altar inscribed D.D.N.N.B. (alli et) Volusian etc was found at Bowness in c.1871 and was built into a cattle shed at Herd Hill. Now lost.

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(Centred at NY 212622) Portion of a Roman Altar inscribed D.D.N.N.B. (alli et) Volusian etc found at Bowness and now built into a cattle shed at Herd Hill. ONB states that formerly a shepherds house stood on the top of Herd Hill. (1-2)

Part of an altar 14" x 15" found in, or before 1871 built into a cattle-shed at Herd Hill. Now lost. Sought in vain by Collingwood in 1928 and Wright in 1941. Details of inscription. (3)

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( 1) General reference

Lapidarium Septentrionale Pt 4 1875 (J C Bruce) Page(s)268

( 2) Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book reference

Bowness 1866 Page(s)13

( 3) by the late R G Collingwood and R P Wright 1965 The Roman inscriptions of Britain, 1. Inscriptions on stone

Page(s)630

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