Image of a Roman altar found at Thick Hollins House, Greetland
Taken from "Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax".
Author: John Crabtree
Date: 1836
Location: Halifax
Format: Print
Document ID: 101054
Library ID: 28054617
Page 36 of "Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax" by John Crabtree, 1836.
A discussion of Roman remains found at Greetland in the 16th century, includes an image of a Roman altar found at Thick Hollins House (now called Bank Top Farm).
In April 1597, two workmen discovered a Roman altar buried behind the house. The original is in the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, and a copy can be seen at Clay House, West Vale.
The altar has an inscription: DVI. CI BRIG. ET NVM. GG. T. AVR. AURELIANUS DD. PRO SE ET SVIS S. M. A. G. S which may read: Divi civitatis Brigantum et numinibus Augustorum Titus Aurelianus. Aurelianus dedicat pro se et suis susceptum merito animo grato solvit.
And on the reverse: Antoni III et Geta Coss.
Which has been translated as: To the goddess Victoria Brigantia and to the deities of the two emperors, Titus Aurelius Aurelianus gave and dedicated this for himself and for his family, whilst he himself was master of the rites. In the third consulship of Antoninus and second of Geta.
The altar has been dated to AD 205-208 and may have been dedicated by Aurelianus on his way up north.
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