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taken up, about two feet and a half high, made of very coarse
earth, and crusted on both sides with a brown clay, the tops
remarkably wide, and covered with a red flat stone. Besides ashes
and bones, each urn had a small cup within it, of a fine clay, in
the shape of a tea-cup. One was pierced in the centre of the
bottom part. The place where they were taken up is called
Loddon-how, within twenty yards of the road between Penrith and
Skelton, and about 200 yards from the Roman road, and four miles
from the station. Also, on the banks of the Petteral, a few roods
from the south corner of the station, a curious altar was lately
found. It was three feet four inches in height, and near sixteen
inches square. It had been thrown down from the upper ground, and
the corners broken off in the fall. The front had been filled
with an inscription; the letters short and square, but not one
word remains legible. On the right hand side is the patera, with
a handle, and underneath the secespita. On the opposite side is
the ampula, and from its lip a serpent or viper descends in
waves. The back part is rude, as if intended to stand against a
wall. The emblems are in excellent preservation [1].
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