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| ROMAN WALL | Roman Wall | Bruces History of the Roman Wall | 51/2 Chains North | A Work of the Ancient Romans | ||
| (remains of) | Roman Wall | Mr. Winter, Mining Agent | of Shield on the | entering this Parish at the North West | ||
| Roman Wall | Mr. Thomas Errington | Wall. | corner and forming the Ph Boundary | |||
| from this point for about 7 miles, | ||||||
| the most perfect portion is at the | ||||||
| Knag burn, where it is 5 feet high, | ||||||
| From Knag Burn till its outrance from this Parish | 10 links wide with its facing stones | |||||
| the Ancient Work is principally defined by the | perfect, Continuing thence for about | |||||
| erection of a Modern Wall out of |
31/2 Chains, then a modern wall | |||||
| the stones of the original work: at times however for | 5 feet high and 4 links thick is built | |||||
| instance at sewing Shields no such Wall has been erected | on its remains, till it approaches | |||||
| so that the Anciant site is perfectly traceable having at | Sewing Shields Crags; from thence | |||||
| times part of its internal Rubble still remaining; in | it is |
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| such a case on the plans it is etched thus :+:+:+:+:+: where | exception of isolated Cases noticed | |||||
| the Rubble has been removed it is traced by a hollow | on the respective Plans, it had | |||||
| groove left in the ground, so that |
a Fosse on its northern side about | |||||
| these Cases will be Roman Wall (Remains of); prior to its entering | 60 links wide, except in places, | |||||
| St John Lee in passing through the Park attached | where Sewingshield Crags &c. forms a | |||||
| to the Chesters its line is nearly totally destroyed | natural defence, remains both of Fosse & | |||||
| so that its character becomes Roman Wall (site of) reference to | wall have been carefully etched &c. | |||||
| the traces will shew where those general remarks are to be departed from. | ||||||
| John Stewart Lance Corporal Royal Engineers | ||||||
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Transcribed by KF
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