Stree No. 2 / Strée / Stree-lez-Huy / Strée-lez-Huy / Strêye

An object listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10121365] [accessed 6 March 2026]: "table à offrandes [...] pierre [...] Cippe, ancien autel votif , servant actuellement de piédestal [...] Date: 101 - 200 [...] Inscription: dédicace, taillé, devant de l'autel: inscription dédicatoire: dédié à la déesse Viradecthis [...] hauteur: 102 cm; longueur: 51 cm".
This object is referred to by Pol Herman (email of 4 March 2026) in the context of the font at Haydon Bridge: "probably a roman cippus, comparable to the one preserved in the Saint Nicholas church of Strée-lez-Huy (20087STR), situated on the ancient Roman road between Atuatuca Tungrorum (Tongres) and Marca (Marche-en-Famenne). Cippi were installed along the roads as milestones, as boundary posts, as identification signs of sanctuaries and temples. The one at Strée (Latin name Strata) was hidden under the romanesque church altar and was discovered in 1967. The latin inscription says : In honor of the Imperial House. To the goddess Virathethis. Superina, daughter of Suppo, has fulfilled her vow, gladly and with good reason. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10121365 -- The use of Roman artifacts inside or under Christian altars and baptismal fonts is well documented in the Ardennes region. Virathetis was a Celtic goddess of the Belgian Tungri tribe. A votive stone was found in Scotland in 1772 at a Roman camp at Birrens (Blatobulgium), bearing the inscription: "Dedicated to the goddess Viradecthis, erected by the soldiers of the pagus Condroz serving in the second cohort of the Tungri under the command of Silvius Auspex."