A delightful find has been made near Newcastle on the line of the old Roman Wall. It is a Roman altar in a good stale of preservation, with its inscription still sharp and clear after all the centuries that have streamed away since Britain was a Roman colony. Tho altar was dedicated to mothers by a detachment of the First Cohort of tho Verdulli. Tho altar was found near Matfun Piers by the North of England Excavations Committee. It is a great treasure that they have discovered*
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Evening Star, Issue 20999, 13 January 1932, Page 4
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