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THE MARYPORT CAMP: 
ITS HISTORY, ITS EXPLORATIONS, AND ITS 
PRESENT ASPECT. 
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(Read at Maryport, May 4th, 1880. ) 
Tuat there has been a Camp, no one will be disposed to deny. 
Strong naturally, on the summit of a hill, with steep cliffs bordering 
the sea coast on the west, together with a rapid descent to the river 
on the east and south sides—it was made doubly so by the hand 
of the engineer. It would appear to have comprised an inner 
vallum surmounted by a strong wall, and defended by a ditch; 
the two lower courses of the wall being still visible near the _ 
northern gateway. Beyond this there was probably a second 
vallum, with its attendant ditch. 
The length of the camp is one hundred and forty yards, and 
its breadth one hundred and thirty yards, enclosing an area of 
nearly four acres. 
There were four gateways, all of which are easily traceable, 
that on the north being the most prominent. This gateway was 
uncovered in 1787, and the entire arch was discovered shortly 
after. In the absence of Colonel Senhouse, it was unfortunately 
destroyed for wall building. Evidently it had been a very elegant 
structure, and, seeing that that side of the camp is the one least 
protected by nature, there may have been a tower at the angle 
serving the purpose of a guard-room, etc. The stones of the 
_ archway were “shaped and dressed, being made to fit close without 
