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View of Roman altar to Minerva and a smaller altar in the lobby of Burnfoot House, originally presumably found at Birrens Roman fort.
J 12302 PO
Description View of Roman altar to Minerva and a smaller altar in the lobby of Burnfoot House, originally presumably found at Birrens Roman fort.
Date 1895
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number J 12302 PO
Category Print Room
Copies DP 354998
Scope and Content Small black and white photograph of inscribed altar annotated on reverse: 'Proc xxx 153. Large and small altar found at Burnsfoot." A 'highly ornamented' altar was dug up (presumably) at Birrens by Mr Clow of Land in 1810, and for many years after 1813 was used as the pedestal of a sundial at Burnfoot House. It was still in the lobby there in 1895. The photograph shows it in an alcove in a house, with decoration around the alcove, together with a much smaller stone, below the foot of the alcove. A drawing, and two full pages of description, of the stone and its inscription is in PSAS, Vol 30, pp 152-155 (Figs 21, 22, and 23). Signed: 'J Rutherford' The stone is now held in Dumfries Museum. See also DP 192314.
Accession Number 1975/12
External Reference SAS289
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