Itinerarium Septentrionale: Or, A Journey Thro' Most of the Counties of Scotland, and Those in the North of England. In Two Parts ... Illustrated with Sixty-six Copper Platesauthor and sold, 1726 - 188 pages |
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Page 19
... Severus's Wall the other are called the Caftle Hills ; but viewing their roundish Form , I am a little diffident of their being Roman ; however , fince I was last in that Country , I was informed , that about Fourteen Miles to the North ...
... Severus's Wall the other are called the Caftle Hills ; but viewing their roundish Form , I am a little diffident of their being Roman ; however , fince I was last in that Country , I was informed , that about Fourteen Miles to the North ...
Page 26
... Severus's Wall in Scotland , with feven Castles , which , by the bye , is moft abfurd , fecing Severus's Wall is in England , and not betwixt Cluyd and Forth ; and likewise describes this Building of Arthur's Oon , which he afferts was ...
... Severus's Wall in Scotland , with feven Castles , which , by the bye , is moft abfurd , fecing Severus's Wall is in England , and not betwixt Cluyd and Forth ; and likewise describes this Building of Arthur's Oon , which he afferts was ...
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... Severus was dead a great Number of Years before Caraufus ufurped the Empire of Britain ; be- fides , every one knows , that Severus , being old and infirm , died at York a natural Death ; but the learned and ingenious Dr. Smith ( b ) ...
... Severus was dead a great Number of Years before Caraufus ufurped the Empire of Britain ; be- fides , every one knows , that Severus , being old and infirm , died at York a natural Death ; but the learned and ingenious Dr. Smith ( b ) ...
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... Severus's Wall in England , and Antoninus's in Scot- land , and others in that Country , namely , Middleby in Annandale , and the Camp at Lyne - Kirk , none of which contained above 2 or 3000 Men , which would have been but a fmall ...
... Severus's Wall in England , and Antoninus's in Scot- land , and others in that Country , namely , Middleby in Annandale , and the Camp at Lyne - Kirk , none of which contained above 2 or 3000 Men , which would have been but a fmall ...
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... Severus , which are allowed by the best Criticks in Antiquity , to have been originally erected in Cumberland and Northumberland , Sir Robert places them both in Scot- land ; but I fhall forbear juft now to refute his Conjecture ...
... Severus , which are allowed by the best Criticks in Antiquity , to have been originally erected in Cumberland and Northumberland , Sir Robert places them both in Scot- land ; but I fhall forbear juft now to refute his Conjecture ...
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affert againſt Agricola alfo almoſt alſo Altar Antiquity Antoninus Pius appears Army Battle becauſe Bede befides betwixt Breadth Britain Britons Caftle Caledonians Cambden Caput galeatum Cohort confiderable Country Courſes curious Danes defcribe Denarius Dimenfions Ditch Draught Eaft Emperor faid fame fays feems feen fent feveral fhall fhew fhould Figure firft firſt Firth flain fmall Foffa fome Foot fquare ftands ftill fub mento fuch fupra galeatum & alatum greateſt Ground Hadrian Hill Honourable Houfes humbly Inscribd Ifland Infcription Infcriptione Legion likewife meaſuring Medals mento Miles Monuments moſt Muliebre Name Notitia Imperii Number obferve Paces Paffage paffing Picts Plate pone prefent Rampart Reaſon Reign ROMA Roman Province Scotland Scots and Picts ſeems ſeen Segedunum Septimius Severus Severus Severus's Wall ſmall Solway Firth Spartian Stone Tacitus thefe themſelves thence Theodofius theſe thofe thoſe Town Track Tumulus Tungri uſed Vallum Veftiges VEXILLATIO Victory Weft whole