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Tunnocellum, at Bowness, Drumburgh, Skinburness, Stanwix, 
South Shields and Tynemouth. 
Glannibanta, at Bowness, Lanchester, Old Carlisle, Ravenglass, 
Maryport, Morpeth, Tynemouth, Kirksteads, Whitley Castle. 
Alionis, at Whitley Castle, Bowness, Jarrow, Burgh. 
Lremetenracum, at Brampton, Drumburgh, North Shields, Rib- 
chester, Boustead Hill, Whitbarrow. 
Olenacum, at Maryport, Old Carlisle, Burgh, Drumburgh, 
Wardley, Blackrode, Ilkiey. 
Virosidum, at Maryport, Stanwix, Gateshead, Warwick, Adel, 
Warrington, Bowness. 
That the whole subject is in an unsatisfactory state, we are not 
alone in thinking, for no less an authority than Dr. J. Collingwood 
Bruce, speaking on this state of affairs in his “ Lapidarium 
Septentrionale,” says:—‘‘In this state of uncertainty, it will be 
better for us to forbear attempting to give to the camps we meet 
with their ancient designation. In due time the key may be 
found which, without the application of force, will send back the 
bolt and make all plain; till then we must be careful to confess 
our ignorance.” 
If, then, it be only to endeavour to dissipate this ignorance, it 
will be well to consider the various methods that have been 
employed from time to time to find “the key which will make all 
plain.” 
One theory can at once be dismissed ;—for even the following 
absurdity is advocated by a writer who is apparently anxious to 
secure a Notitia name for a pet station. Near it was found a coin 
of Constantine, hence he infers it must have been occupied at any 
rate within measurable distance of Notitia times; ergo—it may 
have been a Notitia station ! 
In saying this much, I have not the slightest wish to throw 
ridicule on the labours of the many eminent antiquarians who have 
produced the list to which I have just referred ; my only wish is to 
examine the methods by which they have arrived at their conclu- 
sions, as in the face of such a complicated list the matter can lose 
nothing by the ventilation. Of course one cannot treat so wide a 
