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ÆLII altar ancient antiquary antiquities Antonine Wall Antoninus Pius appear arches Barrier Benwell Birdoswald BORCOVICUS BREMENIUM bridge Britain Britons building built called camp Carvoran Castle century Chesterholm Chesters CILURNUM cohort coins CONDERCUM course crags crossed discovered distance district ditch Drumburgh east eastern emperor enemy erected excavations facing-stones feet formed fosse foundations fragments garrison gateway ground HABITANCUM Hadrian Heddon-on-the-Wall hill Hodgson Horsley Horsley's Housesteads HUNNUM hypocaust inscribed inscription Isthmus labour masonry mediæval mile-castle miles military modern mortar mound mural nearly neighbourhood Newcastle Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Tyne northern Northumberland Notitia occupied passed Picts Plate PONS ELII portion Prefect present probably quarry rampart remains remarkable river rock Roman occupation Roman Wall ruins Samian ware Saxon says seen SEGEDUNUM Severus Sewingshields slab soldiers southern spot stands station stone wall thick tion traces traversed Tribune usual valley Vallum vicinity Wallsend Watling Street western woodcut yards
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