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| ROMAN WALL | Roman Wall | History of Northumberland | In the N.E. of the parish | The Site of the great Wall or barrier | ||
| (site of) | Roman Wall | Mr. Sewell | on the South of the | that Was erected by the Romans, between | ||
| Roman Wall | Richardson’s Guide to Newcastle | Village of Byker Hill | Wallsend on the River Tyne & Bowness, on the Solway | |||
| Firth to prevent the incursions of | ||||||
| the Caledonians. Its length is above | ||||||
| Sixty-Eight English Miles, the height Was | ||||||
| 12 feet besides the parapet, Which Was four | ||||||
| feet; And its thicKness Eight feet. | ||||||
| On its North was a deep ditch twenty one | ||||||
| feet Wide at the top & generally about | ||||||
| 15 feet deep; forming together With its | ||||||
| Numerous Stations, Castles, & turrets, a | ||||||
| Work of Unrivalled Magnificence & | ||||||
| prodigious labour. | ||||||
| John McMahon Civil Assistant |
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