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Cohort of the Nervians, but no altars or inscriptions have, as yet, 
been found testifying to their presence here. Still, having been at 
Whitley Castle, Chesterholm, and Brough (Stainmore), all of them 
within the immediate defences of the wall, they might very easily 
have been transferred to Moresby in the Notitia times, when the 
Duke of Britain clearly made a re-disposition of at least some of 
his troops. 
We are now clearly at the limit, so far as the main defences of 
the Wall are concerned, and we have three Notitia names 
yet to account for. We must hence enquire what camps are 
best suited for communicating readily and expeditiously with the 
stations already named, i.e., from Moresby to Birdoswald, and con- 
necting them in turn with the head-quarters (Eburacum). Acting 
on the suggestions already thrown out, there are, strangely, just 
sufficient strategic points to exactly conicide with the three names 
still remaining. Hence our allocations will be :— 
Recognised as a Notitia Station by 
Ferguson, Longstaffe, Hiibner, 
Bremetenracum Papcastle | Watkin, Jacleon 
Olenacum Old Carlisle Generally agreed on 
Virosidum Whitbarrow _—_ Lysons 
According to the Notitia, the garrison of Bremetenracum was a 
Cuneus Armaturarum, i.e., a body of men-at-arms. We must not, 
I think, assume that this was necessarily a saad? body, and that, 
therefore, it would only require a small camp for its protection. 
Lavatre, Verteree, and Braboniacum were, at the same time, 
defended by detachments, and yet they were camps of undoubted 
size and strength. ‘Two inscribed stones have been found at Pap- 
castle, both referring to the Cuneus Frisionum Aballavensium. 
Mr. Jackson says (Vol. 4, C. and W. Antig. and Arch. Assoc, 
p. 136) that this proves Papcastle tc have been Aballaba, whilst 
Dr. Bruce (Roman Wall, Ed. 3, p. 373), speaking of the inscription, 
says, that ‘it is a designation which it is difficult to describe.” To 
my mind there is no difficulty at all, if we at once divest our minds 
as to any preconceived notions derived from altars, &c. Is it not 
