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| BORCOVICUS | Borcovicus | Bruce’s Roman Wall | 40 Chains East of | An ancient Roman Station enclosing an area | ||
| (Remains of) | (Remains of) | Rapishaw Gap | of nearly five acres, it gently slopes to the South, | |||
| Borcovicus | McLauchlan’s Memoir | its form is a parallelogram with rounded corners | ||||
| (Remains of) | its present remains consist of portions of its Gateway | |||||
| Borcovicus | Mr Thompson Tow Houses | exterior Walls |
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| (Remains of) | nothing of the Station is shewn on the Plan except | |||||
| the remains of Masonry altho there are numerous | ||||||
| Grassy Mounds &c. covering the whole area of the | ||||||
| Station and only requiring to be uncovered and the | ||||||
| Rubbish taken away to bring to light many | ||||||
| more buildings | ||||||
| ROMAN WALL | Roman Wall | Mr Thompson Tow Houses | East & West of | A work of the Ancient Romans consisting | ||
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Rapishaw Gap | of a Wall which originally averaged | |||
| Roman Wall | Mr Armstrong Hotbank | 12 feet in height and 8 feet thick | ||||
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it was defended by an artificial Fosse | |||||
| Roman Wall | Mr Dryden Kennels | to its north except in places where it was | ||||
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naturally defended by steep banks or | |||||
| Roman Wall | McLauchlans Survey of Roman Wall | Crags: its present remains in this Parish | ||||
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are very good especially between Borcovicus | |||||
| Roman Wall | Bruce’s Roman Wall | & Hotbank where it is its original width | ||||
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& averages 4 feet high with its facing Stones | |||||
| &c. perfect. John Clayton Esqr. the owner | ||||||
| of this portion takes great care that all | ||||||
| its lines &c. are preserved. | ||||||
Note: unsigned
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Transcribed by CTW and PW
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