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Sheet 83 Plan 12 Parish of Haltwhistle

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House Steads House Steads Mr Thompson 44 Chains East of A farm house with outhouse
House Steads Mr Armstrong Hotbank Rapishaw Gap garden and yard attached
House Steads Mr Makepeace
Housesteads Bruce’s Roman Wall
Housesteads McLauchlans Survey of Roman Wall p38
MITHRAIC CAVE Mithraic Cave Mr Thompson 46 Chains South A small hole out of which were
(Remains of) (Remains of) east by east of got several Mithraic Altars.
Mithraic Cave Mr Armstrong Rapishaw Gap which were supposed to have
(Remains of) As the ancient worship of Mithras
Mithraic Cave Mr Makepeace or the Sun required a cave to
Mithraic Cave Bruce’s Roman Wall perform certain of the solemnities
"The Cave at Housesteads, Borcovicus in which the" in. from the fact of the Altars being
"Mithraic sculptures were found is situated in the Valley" found here this is likewise generally
"to the South of the Station. It was discovered in 1822." allowed to have been the site of the
Bruce’s Roman Wall P 389 Cave.
John Stewart
2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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