2013

NY9864 : Corstopitum - the Corbridge Lion

taken 12 years ago, near to Corbridge, Northumberland, England

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Corstopitum - the Corbridge Lion
Corstopitum - the Corbridge Lion
See NY9864 : Corstopitum - view of site from southwest corner. The English Heritage guide book says that "This sculpture of a lion crouching over a dead stag was probably originally carved as a grave monument. Later, a hole was cut through the lion's mouth and it was re-used as an ornamentmal fountain head".

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Geographical Context: Lowlands Historic sites and artefacts other tags: Roman Archaeological Site Sculpture Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Corstopitum [42] Other Photos: · Corstopitum - view of site from southwest corner ·
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NY9864, 742 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mike Quinn   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 2 March, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 4 March, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9817 6487 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.7060N 2:1.8074W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9817 6487
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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