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XV. An Account of some Roman Antiquities in Cumberland hitherto unnoticed. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. F.S.A.

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Hayman Rooke Esq.
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The county of Cumberland abounds with Roman antiquities, arid many curious altars and inscriptions have been found in it; which have been accurately described by Horsley, Stukeley, and others. These antiquities have been discovered by chance, either in ploughing up ground for cultivation, or in digging up stones for the repair of houses and walls; and what is very surprising, I do not find that a regular search has ever been made in any of the noted stations.

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Archaeologia , Volume 10 , 1789 , pp. 137 - 142
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1789

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page 138 note [a] Archæologia, Vol. IX. p. 220.

page 140 note [b] The Amphora as a liquid measure held forty-eight Sextarii, i. e. about seven gallons and one pint; as a dry measure it contained three bushels.

page 142 note [c] The only two instances on coins it is believed are on those of Heliopolis under Commodus. Patin, Imp. p. 211, which he supposes to represent Minerva Equestris, mentioned by Pausanias, Attic. B. I. A coin of Pherœ in Dr. Hunter's Collecticn, Pl. XLIII. 14. p. 234, has a woman sitting aside on a galloping horse, and holding in both hands a blazing torch.