OSMap: LR102
Type: Temple/Shrine
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NGRef: SD4761 OSMap: LR102 Type: Temple/Shrine |
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See CALVNIVM (Lancaster, Lancashire), 7 miles to the NNE. | |
Two Roman silver statuettes were found in 1718 in Cockersand Moss, about seven miles south-south-west of Lancaster at the mouth of the River Lune. These finds may indicate the presence of a Romano-British temple somewhere in the neighbourhood of Cockersand Abbey, perhaps beneath the abbey precinct itself. The largest and more finely executed statuette (R.I.B. 616, vide infra) is dedicated to the god Mars Donotus, while the smaller and more crudely fashioned work (R.I.B. 617, etiam infra) is dedicated to Mars Nodontis. It is very likely that these are both variations on the name Nodens Mars, who was also worshipped at a large, specialized temple complex at Lydney in Gloucestershire. Unfortunately, both of the Cockersand Moss statuettes are now "lost". [Or half-inched, more likely! 
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| DEO MARTI DONOTI AVRELIVS CONVS SIG | LVCIANVS • D M N • COL LIC APRILI VIATO • RIS V S |
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| "To the god Mars Donotus, Aurelius has consecrated this statuette.¹" | "To the god Mars Nodontis, the College of Lictors [and] Lucianus Aprilis the traveller, in fulfillment of a vow." |
| (RIB 616; silver statuette inscribed on front of base) | (RIB 617; silver statuette inscribed on all 4 sides of pedestal) |
