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| Camp | Camp | Lord Decies | 80 chains North | An oval camp situated | ||
| (Remains of) | (Remains of) | Revd Mr Meggison | West of Foul- | on a strong & commanding | ||
| Camp | Mr McLauchlan’s | martlaw | eminence about 5 chains | |||
| (Remains of) | Map of the Devil’s | South West of Bolam House | ||||
| Camp (Remains of) | Causeway | it is 5 chains from East | ||||
| to west and 4 from North | ||||||
| to South and has a deep | ||||||
| Vallum on the North, South | ||||||
| & west sides on the east | ||||||
| it has been leveled by Lord | ||||||
| Decies. Gale & Hutchenson | ||||||
| thinks it of Roman origin, but Mr Hutchenson | ||||||
| in his History of Northumberland says they have | ||||||
| no grounds for their supposition, but thinks the | ||||||
| entrenchment belongs to times previous to | ||||||
| the Conquest & after it has been chosen as the site of a | ||||||
| Stronghold by the Barons of Bolam many querns & hewn stones | ||||||
| were found here it is supposed by some to be also the site | ||||||
| of Bolam Castle | ||||||
| M. Costelloe Civil Assistant | ||||||
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