THE ROMAN WALL

A

HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE

ACCOUNT OF THE

Barrier of the Lower Isthmus,

EXTENDING FROM THE TYNE TO THE SOLWAY,

DEDUCED FROM NUMEROUS PERSONAL SURVEYS,

BY THE

REV. JOHN COLLINGWOOD BRUCE, M. A.

LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 4, OLD-COMPTON-STREET, SOHO SQUARE.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; WILLIAM SANG, 61, GREY STREET;

G. BOUCHIER RICHARDSON, 38, CLAYTON-STREET-WEST.

M.DCCC.LI.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE:

IMPRINTED BY GEORGE BOUCHIER RICHARDSON, CLAYTON-STREET-WEST; PRINTER

TO THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, AND TO THE TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,

BOTH OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

TO

JOHN CLAYTON, Esquire,

THE PROPRIETOR

OF THE

MOST SPLENDID REMAINS OF THE ROMAN BARRIER

IN NORTHUMBERLAND

WHOSE

ANTIQUARIAN INTELLIGENCE AND CLASSICAL LEARNING

HAVE BEEN MOST PROFUSELY AND KINDLY

AFFORDED TO THE AUTHOR

THIS WORK

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MILITARY CHARACTER AND USAGES

OF A GREAT PEOPLE

IS MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.

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