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VII. Account of some Roman Monuments found in Cumberland, 1766

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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Mr. Senhouse, digging in the Roman station, on his estate here, 1766, made some very curious discoveries, which he communicated to the late bishop of Carlisle, the same year.

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Research Article
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Archaeologia , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , 1773 , pp. 58 - 59
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1773

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page 58 note [a] It is highly probable this vault was a temple of the Deae Matres, who appear to be here represented in niches, as they have been found in other parts of Britain. See Horsley's Northumb. XLVIII and L. and p. 224. It may have been one of those very Cancelli, which the ancient capitularies inform us the Gauls used to make for those deities, and as such bears a near resemblance to the caves and grottoes, in which the nymphs and rural deities were originally worshiped. R. G.