The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion by the Romans under Julius Caesar . them to place these stations at unequal situation which was always chosen by the Romans,both here and every where else in Britain where theycould obtain it, was the gentle declivity of a hill, near ariver, and facing the meridian sun. Such was the situ-ation of the far greatest part of the stations on this general we may observe, that the stations stood thick-est near the two ends and in the middle, probably be-cause the danger of invasion was greatest in these the reader
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion by the Romans under Julius Caesar . them to place these stations at unequal situation which was always chosen by the Romans,both here and every where else in Britain where theycould obtain it, was the gentle declivity of a hill, near ariver, and facing the meridian sun. Such was the situ-ation of the far greatest part of the stations on this general we may observe, that the stations stood thick-est near the two ends and in the middle, probably be-cause the danger of invasion was greatest in these the reader will form a clearer idea of the numberof these stations, their Latin and English names, theirsituation and distance from one another, by inspectingthe following Table, than we can give him, with equalbrevity, in any other way. The first column containsthe number of the station, reckoning from east to west;the second contains its Latin, and the third its Englishname; and the three last its distance from the next sta-tion to the west of it, in miles, furlongs, and chains. APPENDIX. 481. The castella, or castles, were the second kind of fortifi-cations which were built along the line of this Wall forits defence. These castles were neither so large, norstrong, as the stations, but much more numerous, beingno fewer than eighty-one. The shape and dimensions ofthe castles, as appears from the foundations of many ofthem which are still visible, were exact squares of sixty-six feet every way. They were fortified on every sidewith thick and lofty walls, but without any ditch, excepton the north side, on which the Wall itself, raised muchabove its usual height, with the ditch attending it, formedthe fortification. The castles were situated in the in-tervals between the stations, at the distance of aboutseven furlongs from each other; though in this particular, VOL. II. H H APPENDIX. No. IX. circumstances sometimes occasioned a little variation. In v these castles, guards were constantly k
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