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Roman altar to Attis or Cautopates recorded by Stukeley in 1725 who reported it discovered between ‘the Eastgate and the river’. It has since been lost. Horsley describes it as a youth wearing a Phyrgian cap, a belted tunic and a cloak. Commonly described as a figure of Mithraic Cautopates, Henig argues that it is of Attis. (1)

<1> Henig D.F, 2004, Roman Sculpture in the NW Midlands, No 19 (Book). SCH6862.

<2> Horsley J, 1732, Britannia Romana, p316 (Book). SCH449.

<3> Stukeley, W., 1724, Iter Boreale, p32 (Book). SCH1489.

<5> David James Laverty, 2014-2015, The Search for Mithras in Roman Britain: A Reassessment of the Archaeological Evidence, p.28 (Unpublished Report). SCH8586.