Some Corrections to 'CSIR I', Fascicule 6

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Some Corrections to CSIR I, Fascicule 6. Ian Caruana writes: A number of errors have been noted in the corpus of sculpture devoted to Carlisle and the western part of Hadrian's Wall. 1 Since many are 'ghosts' and others have better provenances than in CSIR it is worth putting them on record. No. 322. Uninscribed altar from Carlisle, now lost and relying upon drawing in Horsley. 2 The history of this stone is now better known as a result of new research by Bruce Jones. 3 According to Sir John Clerk the altar was taken to Kileker's house in Fisher Street, and this was its last known home rather than the garden of Brigadier Stanwix's house. Kileker's house can be identified with Walton's shop and Treasury Court, immediately north of the old Meeting House in Fisher Street. The transfer must have been between 1732 and 1734. No. 323. Weathered altar, now at Drumburgh, said to have been found in 1977 or 1978. In fact, this was a re-discovery and the altar can be identified by the leaf pattern on the frieze from Horsley's drawing. It came originally from Old Carlisle. 4 No. 467. Pine-cone, much broken and now missing, is recorded by CSIR as from an unknown source but presumed to be Hadrian's Wall. The CSIR entry is based on Budge's catalogue of Chesters Museum, 5 in which the entry for No. 220 on p. 342 states that it, along with all the entries on p. 341 (which includes CSIR No. 467), was from Housesteads (pointed out to me by Georgina Plowright). No. 476. A mutilated figure of Hercules, said now to be lost, is in fact a duplicate of CSIR I, 6, No. 477. Chancellor Ferguson, who is the primary source for No. 476, specifically identifies it as LS 502, which is identified as No. 477. 6 It was found in 1830 and the provenance is given as under 'the Newsroom' on English Street directly opposite the Bush Inn, which also agrees with the provenance given for No. 477.