The Nosterfield Quarry excavation sits at the heart of one of Britain’s most enigmatic prehistoric landscapes—the Thornborough Henges Complex.
Category: Brigantia
Ingleborough Iron Age Hillfort
Ingleborough Hill, located in the Yorkshire Dales, is known for its prehistoric significance, particularly its hill fort. The hill fort atop Ingleborough is located at an elevation of about 723 meters (2,372 feet) above sea level, making it one of the highest known Iron Age settlements in the region.
Curse tablet addressed to the god Bregneus – Bath
‘To the god Bregneus I give the axe which I have lost from my house, (the house) of Hegemon. […] has stolen, he is not to be permitted sleep or health (until) he has brought it to your temple as we ?arrange. The hammer which I previously lost, it also […] ?I give.’
Altar dedicated to Bregans and the Divinity of the Emperor
Altar dedicated to Bregans and the Divinity of the Emperor
Potentially False Altar to Brigantia – Vindolanda
‘The goddess Brigantia.’
Altar dedicated to Victoria Brigantia – Castleford
To the goddess Victoria Brigantia Aurelius Senopianus dedicated this altar.
Altar dedicated to Nympha Brigantia – Castlesteads?
“This offering to the goddess-nymph Brigantia, which he had vowed for the welfare and safety of our Lord the Invincible Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus and of his whole Divine House, Marcus Cocceius Nigrinus, procurator of our Emperor and most devoted to his divinity and majesty, gladly, willingly, and deservedly fulfilled.”
Altar dedicated to Jupiter of Doliche, Caelestis Brigantia, and Salus – Corbridge
“To eternal Jupiter of Doliche and to Caelestis Brigantia and to Salus Gaius Julius Apolinaris, centurion of the Sixth Legion, at the command of the god (set this up).”
Altar dedicated to Jupiter of Doliche, Caelestis Brigantia, and Salus – Corbridge
“To eternal Jupiter of Doliche and to Caelestis Brigantia and to Salus Gaius Julius Apolinaris, centurion of the Sixth Legion, at the command of the god (set this up).”
Altar dedicated to Brigantia – South Shields
“Sacred to the goddess Brigantia: Congennicus willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.”
PAS North Yorkshire
- NLM-5EB8D1 BROOCH ROMAN 19 February 2025Copper alloy brooch. Hod Hill brooch, Mackreth type HOD HILL 4.b3. A small bifurcated head is rolled forward to retain pin gear [lost]. An uppermost part of the strip below this bears a single transverse rib. Below this, a nearly square plate has four vertical ribs and small waisted wings. The lower bow is moulded […]
- NLM-5ED6DB BROOCH ROMAN 19 February 2025Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast lower bow and unpierced catch plate from a bow brooch with a narrow rounded bow, possibly a Colchester brooch, Mackreth type C 2. Suggested date: Early Roman, 43-75Length: 26.2mm, Width: 3.3mm, Thickness (bow): 2.7mm, Weight: 2.21gms
- NLM-5FD83F COIN ROMAN 19 February 2025Copper alloy coin. Possibly an as indeterminate, Early Roman issue of 43-200, with drilled hole near edge at 10 O’clock[?] obverse.Obverse description: bust probably rightReverse description: possibly a figure.Diameter: 24mm, Weight: 4.82gms, die axis: possibly 12
