Coventina

Dedications to Coventina and votive deposits were found in a walled area which had been built to contain the outflow from a spring now called "Coventina's Well" [1]. The well itself was a spring in a rectangular basin 2.6m x 2.4m in the centre of a walled enclosure 11.6m x 12.2m within a wall 0.9m thick [1]. The contents of the well included 13,487 coins from Mark Anthony to Gratian, a relief of three water nymphs, the head of a male statue, two dedication slabs to the goddess Coventina, ten altars to Coventina and Minerva, two clay incense burners, and a wide range of votive objects [1]. Excavation of the site revealed several inscribed altars, some with depictions of Coventina in typical Roman nymph form: reclining, partially clothed and associated with water [1]. At least ten inscriptions to Coventina are recorded from Carrawburgh [1]. Several stone altars contained dedications to Coventina as did two pottery incense burners [1].