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The interior was crossed from gate to gate, as usual, by a 

 " cobbled " street. That leading from north to south was 

 necessarily interrupted by the prgetorium which, as is usual in 

 these works, is situated in the upper part of the enclosure, 

 fronting the main street which passes from the East gate to the 

 AVest. This building, with its chambers and courtyard, encloses 

 an area nearly square. Its internal construction, while re- 



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sembling that of other prsetoria in general principle, inasmuch as 

 it contained a series of rooms, the official headquarters, opening 

 into a court, is not exactly like any that has yet been 

 excavated. 



Like other features of the fort, it most nearly resembles 

 that previously mentioned at Hardknott, in Cumberland, and, 

 indeed, upon complete excavation, it may prove to have been 



