. The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, : being a brief historical & descriptive guide to the principal buildings, streets, public institutions, manufactures, curiosities, &c. within that town & its neighbourhood for twelve miles round: and including an account of the Roman wall, and a detailed history of the coal trade .. . f Antonine;but the conjecture of the latter being destitute of allgood criticism, we shall rest in the opinion of thefather of English antiquaries, till either the Epiacum ofPtolomy or the Lineojugla of the Anonymous writerof Ravenna be proved to have been here. Within thela
. The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, : being a brief historical & descriptive guide to the principal buildings, streets, public institutions, manufactures, curiosities, &c. within that town & its neighbourhood for twelve miles round: and including an account of the Roman wall, and a detailed history of the coal trade .. . f Antonine;but the conjecture of the latter being destitute of allgood criticism, we shall rest in the opinion of thefather of English antiquaries, till either the Epiacum ofPtolomy or the Lineojugla of the Anonymous writerof Ravenna be proved to have been here. Within thelast century, and in the memory of persons yet alive,the whole scite of the Roman station here was over-grown with thorns, brambles, and hazels; and thoughits irregular ruins have for several years been levelled,and its area and suhurbs laid under agriculture, yet itstill exhibits one of the most conspicuous remains ofa Roman fortress remaining at present in south 152 COUNTRY SEATS AND VILLAGES. Britain. Its form is a parallelogram; the length ofthe vallum or wall, from east to west, being one hun-dred and eighty-three yards, and its breadth, fromnorth to south, one hundred and forty-three three following altars appear to have beeaSaade either in the reign of Severus or Caracalla* PIOTFLTITIANIS- V-S-LL * M. Brit. ¥vt{ crurv^ws Titos ^>^ccag Tmcwos p. altars at Corbridge, dedicated toHercules and Astarte,are the on-ly instances of the Greek characterused in such inscriptions Jovi optimo maximo vexillatiocohortis Varduloram civium JBo-manorim eyuitum mill, v. s, L
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