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 lit A & $ P B : K" 1$ Ji # Iter i inv From Etocetum Mandueffedo i 3 Benonis 12 Tripontio 9 Ifanta Varia 1 2 Manduesvedo Benonnis Tripontio ♦ • IsANNAVARIA - I Brinavis jElia Castra DoROQINA Tames* VlNDOMr CtAUSENTO 16 12 II 12 12 T6 61 v Antoninus Iter £. from Etocetum - Manduefledo 1 6v Venonis 1 z: Iter 6rinv. Tripontio 9 ► » Ifanavatia- rz 15 46^ yifible along the fide of the Straet- Fields; the fine ridge having the large hedge planted' upon it, thrufting itfelf out considerably into the lane, and presenting a very remarkable elevation within the field. It is three or fbur yards in width acrofs the back, one yard in height, apd many yards in length, pointing dire&ly at the end into the Lower Hall- ftead. Ancf in the Lower Hallftead, and upon ♦ the lofty bank of the Moo, were, very lately found the evident remains of the Praetorium, an hard flooring of Roman cement; A long cake of the cement I faw upon the fite, more than two yards in length-and one and a half in width* about two inches* in thicknefs* compofed of red- pounded brick large pebbles and white mortar. a very difadvantageous fite, a level ground, and' a damp (oil. The fite of the city 1ms been confiderably ratted above its antient level by the foundations beneath and the afeiti- tious earth above. This appears fufficiently from the level of all the meadows around >k, and particularly at the neighbouring ftation. They are all above- one yard anda half lower in the level than the other. The fite of the city therefore, damp as it is at prefent, muft have been much damper formerly, and nearly as much fo as any of the fwampy meadows in its neighbourhood; The fite of the Caftrum is a very damp-triangular meadow, bounded by a curving brook on the weft and fouth, and having about the middle a remarkable mount of earth, which covers nearly half an acre of ground and rifts nearly eight feet in height This is men* tiooed by. Plot and Stukeley, is* called the Caftk-tiillj aad.ii faid by tradition to hav* Mau-
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 * The ftation and town of iEliaCaftra or Aldchefter in Oxfordftire were placed upon-