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Parish of All Saints Townships of Heaton & Byker Sheet 97 Plan 4

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ROMAN WALL Roman Wall History of Northumberland In the N.E. of the parish The Site of the great Wall or barrier
(site of) Roman Wall Mr. Sewell on the South of the that Was erected by the Romans, between
Roman Wall Richardson’s Guide to Newcastle Village of Byker Hill Wallsend on the River Tyne & Bowness, on the Solway
Firth to prevent the incursions of
the Caledonians. Its length is above
Sixty-Eight English Miles, the height Was
12 feet besides the parapet, Which Was four
feet; And its thicKness Eight feet.
On its North was a deep ditch twenty one
feet Wide at the top & generally about
15 feet deep; forming together With its
Numerous Stations, Castles, & turrets, a
Work of Unrivalled Magnificence &
prodigious labour.
John McMahon
Civil Assistant

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