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| roman fort, Rudchester | ||
| Vindobala | ||
| site name:- | Hadrian's Wall | |
| locality:- | Rudchester | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
| locality type:- | roman fort | |
| coordinates:- | NZ112675 | |
| 1Km square:- | NZ1167 | |
| 10Km square:- | NZ16 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Vindobala placename:- Rutchester item:- inscription, roman; roman inscription |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1851 part 2 p.386 "... At Rutchester, a little beyond the eighth mile-stone, we observed in a wall part of a sepulchral inscription and a stone inscribed COH. VI. APRILIS, in two lines, with the usual centurial mark prefixed to the word Aprilis. Rutchester is supposed to be the Vindobala of the Notitia, where a chort of the Frisians* was located. Here were found a few years since by the tenant of the property while searching for building materials, the four altars published by Mr. Bell and the late Mr. Hodgson, in the Archaeologia AEliana, vol.iv. They are exceedingly interesting as referring to the prevalence in Britain of the worship of Mithras, to whom a temple was also erected at Vindabala. The dedications commence severally "Deo Soli Invicto," "Deo Invicto Mythrae," "Soli Apollini," and "Deo," simply; the last having been dedicated by a soldier of the sixth legion.†Mr. Bell considers that if further search were made other inscriptions would probably be found." "Rutchester is the scene of one of the amusing incidents in Hutton's pedestrian Tour of the Wall, made at the commencement of the present century, in a spirit of enthusiasm, and with a physical energy, seldom united in a man of eighty years. His personal appearance often subjected him to suspicion in the inmates of the few and scattered houses of this wild district, but good humour and a little philosophy soon dispelled distrust, and the veteran, if he had some difficulty in making his object understood, usually succeeded in leaving friends behind him. Our friend and companion, who, in his more laborious researches tested the hospitality of the inhabitants of the farmhouses and cottages, observes, "there is scarcely a latch in the wilder regions of the country that I would not freely lift, in the assurannce of a smiling welcome."" "*Frixagi." " †These altars are now in the possession of Mr.James of Otterburn. A hope is entertained that he will present them to the valuable collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, for as Otterburn is upwards of forty miles distant the relics are almost inaccessible." |
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| evidence:- | textbook:- Rivet and Smith 1979 placename:- Vindobala placename:- Vindovala |
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