A Letter from Mr Christopher Hunter, to Dr Martin Lister, Fellow of the Coll. of Phys. andR. S. concerning Some Roman Inscriptions Found Near DurhamAuthor(s): Christopher HunterSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 22 (1700 - 1701), pp. 657-658Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102776 .

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of your Le?*r;ed St3ciety) encorlrages me to preSPtlt thefe

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sv-thout any ttaanner of addition; andI am the more

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ec).our PrszicHion. TllcSe tuScriptions svere found near

a Village >alled LancaXfierX about 5 rtliles North Weft

from Dxr/Swy whicll 1 am {ully perfwaded has been

tlle Lo>govZr8 of the Rowvs. It lwas been a tery

eoullderable Place in thufe partsg arld tlleir watling

zStreet lies through it. Tis orl the top of a Hill,which

llas a defeent on tllree fides ; towards the Welk its over-

lookt by- a high Hill- and almoft Eaftward froIn at -¢a°

bout a quarter of a mile) ftands the preCellt LancbeJierX

a tolerable Collntry \7illage) with a pretty Church9

whicll before the Reformation was endowed witll a

Deanery and fx Prel)ends. The form of tI:is place has

been fqL1are) and fortify'd with a thick, [trong Stone

Wall faced witll hewn Stone Within tlle MTall are

(ard hante been tormerly) nothitlg but ruinous heaps

of Stones ; as alfc) without the Wall tooX eEpec-ialy to°

wards the EaRO 'Tis probable the Building withirl the Wal1

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( 68) Wall have Sbeen all pub3ickX fucIa a$ the Statlon for thc FoIdier$, TemDles, PalacesX eSc or fwhicll I am mwore inclinzd to think) there llas been nothing but the Iaedg xng ofthe Garrifon wKllin tlle iVall This I rather fuppoWeX 1=auk the InIEription of Gordiant sva snot £d here) but about a hundred yard5 from tlle Wall towards tlle Ea*, near which place tlle largeft Stones ar found 9 and I tny {C15 altove a year ago bund part of a large Earthen T>lrn, llear this placeX within whigh I Fuppofe t1here Inas been a ItIKer, fuch f retnember was fqund at anothcr Villagc not far from this, -whi£h ltrx -parfwaded lzas bcen anotller CQlonyO An accosltle sll¢r¢ofT intcnd to preSent you in a fmaIl tim¢ f fis Ennl acceptance Therc is no dollbt but tlais 6Colony has lbe¢n adoraPd with matly beautifut Pala£Cs, and os t11Ct Xmptuous Buildings 3 X dclire t83 knQw your Qpiw nxon if dze B;tr¢ (aw BgfZi¢# rncntion'd in one of th¢fio Infcrxptts;?rlst h$vx a0t k¢en that Ib Iong n vaxa Sought br at Rvfw¢

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