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South-East Roman Corner Tower at Deva Victrix.Chester amphitheatreModell of Ancient Roman Deva VictrixDeva Minerva PlanRoman fortress wallPossible Fort siteUpton-by-Chester Marching Camp 1Upton-by-Chester Marching Camp 2Cinders Lane, Guilden Sutton 2 Temporary CampRoman Rd ?Roman Rd ?

Location:

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Chester
  • geo:53.184261,-2.889291
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=14698

Annotations

A a sandstone shrine dedicated to Minerva. It is thought that the small cave behind may have been used to place offerings. This site was a sandstone quarry in Roman times1.

References

  1. ↑Wikimedia


Nearby

The Grosvenor Museum

Museum

Dewa Roman Experience

Museum

Roman south-east corner tower

Foundations of the Roman south-east corner tower


This object was added by René Voorburg on 2013-06-11. Last update by René Voorburg on 2013-06-11. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/14698 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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