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Monumentum

Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.
  • Putney9  

  • Reconstrucción de una ceremonia en el Mitreo de Carrawburgh

    Reconstrucción de una ceremonia en el Mitreo de Carrawburgh
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  • Carrawburgh Mithraeum Altar

    Carrawburgh Mithraeum Altar
    Unknown 

  • The three mithraic altars of Carrawburgh side by side

    The three mithraic altars of Carrawburgh side by side
    Alun Salt 

  • Altar from Carrawburgh

    Altar from Carrawburgh
    The New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA) 

  • Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius

    Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
    The New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA) 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
 

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Located 80 yards S. of the S.W.-angle of Carrawburgh Fort, situated W. of 31 milecastle and 4 miles W. of the North Tyne at Cholterford.

The temple of Mithras was excavated by I. A. Richmond and J. P. Gillam, disclosing three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions. The earliest shire was a small one, and had been deliberately dismantled. It contained the usual anteroom and nave with raised couches or benches at each side, and a daïs for altars at the far end. In front of the altars lay a ritual hearth, fed with special fuel made from Mediterranean pinecones.

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Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh

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Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.

Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.