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bears testimony. The situation of this castra is lofty and command ng; its form a parallelogram of one hundred and twenty yards north and south, by eighty yards cast and west; its area includes ab; lit four acres. All its sides have been fortified with wails, or which Severus's formed the northern one; the others were simple aggestions of stone uncemented with mortar. The foundations of gate- ways and the ruins of buildings arc still visible all over the station; as well as the scite of the prczto- riunu though almost covered with a modern build- ing. The frequent foot of man in former days is marked by the poa trivialis, a grass only present where society is found. Two imperfect altars and an inscription are incorporated in the farm-house; which seem to have been stolen out of the neigh- bouring Roman wall, whose venerahle remains may be traced hence for several miles. This vast work stretched aero > the kingdom from, oc an to ocean, beeinnh''- at Boldness, on the western coast, and

ending near the village of Wall's-'ind, the an- cient Sizcdunwn, near the mouth oi the !'v.v, at the east; a distance of near;; .mstyn !nc miles. The wails and fortresses, frch turoJ, zw/.'a, cjstra^ and cus'ii'a, which the Roman.-; < J in this

part oi' Britain to resist the incursion o! the Pitts, were many; construac'.! .it v.aa/r.s tim

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