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| Roman Wall | Roman Wall | Dr Lowery | 2 Chains N. of | Through the Parish of Corbridge | ||
| (site of) | Roman Wall | Revd F Gipps | Roman Vallum | the wall is level with the ground | ||
| Roman Wall | Mr Blandford | in its immediate neighbourhood, | ||||
| Roman Wall | Whites Directory | on its foundations the road from | ||||
| Roman Wall | MacLaughlan’s Survey of the | Carlisle & through Hunnum to Newcastle is made. | ||||
| Roman Wall | For considerable distances on | |||||
| the road, the Wall can be dis- | ||||||
| tinctly traced, it invariably is | ||||||
| a few inches higher than the | ||||||
| remainder of the turnpike, it is | ||||||
| composed of large blocks of yellow | ||||||
| coloured stone; in very wet or dry weather | ||||||
| it is as plain to be seen and retains | ||||||
| its original straightness as if it was | ||||||
| never subjected to the rough usage atten- | ||||||
| ding the formation of a Turnpike in those | ||||||
| places. It is shown with a double | ||||||
| line marking the breadth on the ground | ||||||
| Thomas Jordan Lance Corporal Royal Engineers |
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