The castle of Edinburgh . e Tyne to the Forth,the latter the interior country parallel and contiguous tothat. They were a fierce and warlike people, well armed,and brave in battle, and it is not improbable that the Castlerock may have been a fort or hill camp of the Ottadeni. About the year 80 the Eoman legions, under Agricola,took possession of the area, but although tlieir militarycauseway from Brittano-darum to Alterva {, Dunbar toCramond) passed close to it, we have no reliable evidencethat the Castle rock was used as a Eoman station. Withsuch unmistakable proofs of the presence of the
The castle of Edinburgh . e Tyne to the Forth,the latter the interior country parallel and contiguous tothat. They were a fierce and warlike people, well armed,and brave in battle, and it is not improbable that the Castlerock may have been a fort or hill camp of the Ottadeni. About the year 80 the Eoman legions, under Agricola,took possession of the area, but although tlieir militarycauseway from Brittano-darum to Alterva {, Dunbar toCramond) passed close to it, we have no reliable evidencethat the Castle rock was used as a Eoman station. Withsuch unmistakable proofs of the presence of the invaders inits neighbourhood, however, it is extremely unlikely thattheir military engineers neglected to avail themselves of theadvantages of so strong and natural a fortress, and someauthorities identify the site as the Castrum Alatum ofPtolemy, a winged camp, or a height, flanked on each sideby successive heights, girded with intermediate valleys. a BHH a HHHHHHHHHHH a H 111 BBBBBB aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
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