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Gentleman's Magazine 1756 p.431
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roman altar Old Carlisle |
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Roman Altar, Old
Carlisle
Mr URBAN, Wigton, July 16, 1756. THE INCLOSED (see the plate) is an exact copy of the inscription on a votive altar, and a draught of the stone, which was lately dug up near Old Carlisle, as it is called by the neighbouring inhabitants. Antoninus fixes the Castra Exploratorum some where near this place: indeed the situation of these antient ruins renders the name very proper; for the station has been on a hill, which commands a free prospect of the country, and therefore extremely convenient for spying an enemy. This stone was found a few yards distant from the place where the two fragments of the altars were dug up, whose inscriptions were copied by the late Mr Smith, in your Magazine. (See Altar Gen. Index to the first 20 volumes. Yours, &c. T. TOMLINSON. Notice the reference to George Smith. |
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