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| Corchester | Corchester | Mr Thos Blanford | 27 chains West | Site of a Roman Camp, there are | ||
| CORSTOPITUM | (Roman Camp) | of Prior Manor | but faint traces at present visible, | |||
| (Site of) | Corchester | Mr Joseph Green | but the nature of the soil plainly | |||
| (Roman Camp) | indicates where the Camp has been. | |||||
| Corchester | Mr John Henderson | Mr Joseph Green farmer of Hillbank | ||||
| (Roman Camp) | states, that he has at different times | |||||
| Colchester | Mr Maclauchlan’s | raised portions of the foundations, | ||||
| (Corstopitum) | Survey of Watling Street | & used the stones in erecting out offices | ||||
| Corchester | Whellan’s Directory | on his farm. Many other ruins of | ||||
| Corstopitum | ancient edifices, have been dug up near | |||||
| Corchester | White’s Directory | this station, there has also been a great | ||||
| Corstopitum | many Roman coins & other remains | |||||
| Corchester | Dr Bruce’s Roman Wall | found here. | ||||
| Corstopitum | p.309 | Extracts from MacLauchlan’s Survey of | ||||
| Watling Street P 20 | ||||||
| "The site of Colchester, the Corstopitum of the" | ||||||
| Itineraries, the centre of which is about | ||||||
| 665 yards NW by W of Corbridge Church | ||||||
| Tower" | ||||||
| Whoever views the adjoining heap of | ||||||
| ruins called Colchester, will pronounce | ||||||
| it a Roman Station. | ||||||
| Camden’s Brit P493 | ||||||
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