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THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ROMAN STATIONS 
IN CUMBERLAND. 
By J. B. BAILEY. 
(Read at Maryport. ) 
I must ask your kind indulgence in bringing the following paper 
under your notice. That the subject is an important one will be 
almost generally allowed, at least by antiquarians. That justice 
has been done to it in the past will not, at any rate, pass muster 
so easily ; at least, to judge from the perfect maze in which we 
find ourselves when we come to ask what are the names of the 
various stations along the line of the Roman Wall. True, the 
names of the stations within the limits of Northumberland are 
given—and accepted almost without hesitation ; but once across 
the Cumberland Border, this state of things exists no longer— 
chaos is at once evident. ‘That this is no mere figure of speech, 
may be seen from the following list, which gives a few of the 
names that have been applied to each successive station after 
Amboglanna. 
Petriana has been placed at Castlesteads, Old Carlisle, Lanercost. 
Aballaba, at Watchcross, Stanwix, Brampton, Papcastle, and 
Castlesteads. 
_Congavata, at Watchcross, Stanwix, Burgh, Moresby, Brampton. 
Axelodunum, at Burgh, Stanwix, Maryport, Drumburgh, Hexham, 
Bowness, Watchcross. 
Gabrosentis, at Drumburgh, Burgh, Bowness, Malbrey, Skinbur- 
ness, and Linstock, 
