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Gentleman's Magazine 1851 part 2 p.503
NOTES OF A TOUR ALONG THE ROMAN WALL.
BY CHARLES ROACH SMITH, F.S.A.
(Concluded from p.388.)
HOUSESTEADS, the Roman Borcovicus, is one of the most
interesting of the wall stations, and has deservedly been
eulogised by Gordon and Stukeley, and described in its
present state at considerable length by Mr. Bruce. Stukeley
calls it "the Tadmoor of Britain." Its last historian, with
more sober judgment, cautions the visitor against
approaching it with expectations too greatly excited; but he
admits that the buried ruins remain as vast and complete as
ever, and that when they are fully excavated Borcovicus will
be the Pompeii of Britain. It is fortunate for the lovers of
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