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| Fosse | Fosse | MacLaughan’s Memories | 11 Chains North | A deep ditch constructed on the | ||
| (Remains of) | of the Roman Wall | of Carvoran | north side of the Roman Wall for | |||
| Fosse | Mr Lowes | which barrier it formed a defence, | ||||
| Fosse | Revd Dr C Bruce | and accompanied it from Tyne- | ||||
| Fosse | Dr Charlton | mouth to the |
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| Fosse | Hodgson’s Hstory of North- | varied in depth according as the | ||||
| umberland | nature of the country required, | |||||
| and varying from 7 to 16 feet deep. | ||||||
| For a considerable distance | ||||||
| through this parish the Roman Wall | ||||||
| was carried along the top of a high | ||||||
| ridge of basaltic whinstone, here | ||||||
| the fosse was dispensed with | ||||||
| it may be traced for considerable | ||||||
| distances through this parish, but in | ||||||
| many places all traces has been | ||||||
| obliterated by the plough. | ||||||
| Camp | Camp | Revd Dr J C Bruce | 53 Chains | It contains an area of about | ||
| (Remains of) | Camp | Mr Campbell | South West of | 3 acres and is situated on the summit | ||
| Camp | Mr Lowes | Carvoran | of a small eminence it had four entrances | |||
| the remains of the eastern gateway is faintly traceable but the | ||||||
| other entrances are not traceable the stones have all been carried | ||||||
| away and now what remains of the camp is barely traceable and is grown | ||||||
| with grass & rough pasture | ||||||
| Thos Jordan Lance Corporal Royal Engineers | ||||||
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