Gents Mag 1860 part 1 p.350

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1860 part 1 p.350 Romans on the barbarians of Caledonia. It will be in the recollection of most of us, that at Kirkandrews, a village to the west of Carlisle, there is an altar which has been erected to some deity whose name is lost - ob res trans vallum prospere gestas - on account of achievements prosperously performed beyond the Wall. Of the remainder of the Carlisle inscription little is certain, excepting that one Publius Sextanius, or Sextantius, seems to have some hand in it. This is not a name known in Roman story. The discovery of another inscription, so soon after the one described at our last meeting shews how rich the site of Carlisle is in historic relics of the Roman era. Should any event, toward or untoward, require the rebuilding of the present city, a mass of historic lore would probably be disinterred which in real value would amply repay the cost of the operation." Though, as we have said, these inscriptions are so imperfect, and therefore leave a wide field for conjecture, we can hardly doubt but that Dr. Bruce or some other of our Roman antiquaries will eventually succeed in satisfactorily determining their meaning. The discovery of two inscriptions so near to each other raises a presumption that the soil of Carlisle must be rich in such remains, and if so, it will contrast strongly with other Roman sites that have been recently explored. The great excavations at Chesterford did not produce a single inscription, and little more can be said of those at Uriconium, though most interesting and important in their revelation of other matters. ...
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