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Monumentum

Candelabrum of Caernarfon

The Caernarfon candelabrum is a reconstruction of several iron pieces found in the Mithraeum of Caernarfon.
Candelabrum of Caernarfon

Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Boon

 
The New Mithraeum
20 Jan 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 416

Some iron-work was also found [in the Mithraeum of Carnarfon]. It consists of a cross-shaped iron object, two iron sockets, an object resembling a wall-sconce, a short length of squared iron bar with loops attached to each face, and a small bronze bell shrouded in rust. X-rays show that there was no decoration. They were all found together, and presumably formed a single object; probably a two-branched candelabrum, which could possibly be fixed to a pole and carried.

References

  • G.C. Boon (1960) A Temple of Mithras at Caernarvon-Segontium.

Related monuments

Mithraeum of Caernarfon

The Mithraeum of Caernarfon, in Walles, was built in three phases during the 3rd century, and destroyed at the end of the 4th.

 
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