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| Halton Chesters | Halton Chesters | Revd F Gipps | 19 chains W | A large square Roman Camp, | ||
| HUNNUM | Halton Chesters | Dr Lowry | of |
the turnpike road passes through it, | ||
| (site of) | Halton Chesters | Mr Todd | North Farm | the portion North of the road, has been | ||
| Halton Chesters | Whellans Directory | ploughed up many years ago, and is | ||||
| Halton Chesters | Whites Directory | at present an arable field; The traces of this part of the | ||||
| Halton Chesters} | Mr Maclauchlans plan of | station are very faint the general appearance | ||||
| or } | Roman Wall | is that of an ordinary undulation; | ||||
| Hunnum } | South of the road has not | |||||
| Hunnum | Bruce’s History of the Roman | been ploughed; it is well defined and stands | ||||
| Wall Page – 126 | about 2 feet higher than the remainder of the | |||||
| field, the stone work has been taken | ||||||
| away for building purposes. | ||||||
| The owner, Sir Edwd Blackett caused | ||||||
| the Southern part to be excavated | ||||||
| about 15 years ago, many coins were | ||||||
| found, & the foundations of Baths, & the | ||||||
| Praetorium & other buildings were discovered | ||||||
| about 3 feet from the surface, those exca- | ||||||
| vations were filled up, and the whole | ||||||
| of the Camp S of the road is pasture | ||||||
| and the only visible remains at present | ||||||
| are the sides being higher than the remainder | ||||||
| of the field: The S. gateway mentioned by | ||||||
| Mr Maclauchlan is not traceable now. T.O. | ||||||
| Thomas Jordan Lance Corporal Royal Engineers |
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