Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	roman wall, Maryport
civil parish:-	Maryport (formerly Cumberland) (?)
civil parish:-	Seaton (formerly Cumberland) (?)
civil parish:-	Workington (formerly Cumberland) (?)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	roman wall
1Km square:-	NY0337 (?etc)
10Km square:-	NY03
references:-	Simpson 1746
evidence:-	descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
source data:-	Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.   goto source "Some are of Opinion, that Stilico, a potent Commander in the Roman State, made a Wall for about four Miles from hence [Workington], viz. from the Mouth of the Derwent to the River Eln [now Maryport], in all such Places as were convenient for landing, when the Scots from Ireland infested these Coasts; for thus Claudian makes Britain speak for herself:" "Me quoq; vicinis pereuntem gentibus, inquit," "Munivit Stilico, totam cum Scotus Hibernem" "Movit, &infesto spumavit remige Thetis." "Thus English'd:" "And I shall ever own his happy Care," "Who sav'd me sinking in unequal War," "When Scots came thund'ring from the Irish Shores" "And th'Ocean trembl'd, struck with hostile Oars." "And, indeed, there are still found Pieces of Wall all along to the Mouth of the Eln."
evidence:-	old text:- Camden 1789
source data:-	Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.   goto source Page 169:-  "..." "Here [about Moresby] the shore goes on a little retreating, and it appears from the ruins of walls, that wherever the landing was easy it was fortified by the Romans. For it was the extreme boundary of the Roman empire, and this coast was particularly exposed to the Scots when they spread themselves like a deluge over this island from Ireland. ..." "..."   goto source Page 171:-  "..." "From hence some have supposed a wall was carried for near four miles at proper places to defend the coast, by Stilico, in the reign of Honorius and Arcadius, when the Scots from Ireland infested this shore. For thus Britain speaks of herself in Claudian:" "Me quoque vicinis pereuntem gentibus, inquit, Munivit Stilico, totam cum Scotus Hibernem Movit, &infesto spumavit remige Thetis." "Me Stilicho by neighbouring nations sore distrest, Defended well with time the Scotish rage Hibernèmoved, while with their hostile war Old ocean foam'd." "There still remain ruins of walls at the mouth of the Elen or Elne, as it is now called, which,"

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