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camp, we satisfy every requirement. In every respect, as we have 

 shown, it would be a most fitting termination to an Iter, whilst its 

 distance from Keswick ahiiost exactly suits the distance named in 

 the Itinerary. More than this : it is an allocation that does not 

 violate the conclusions to which we have already arrived ; for, 

 referring again to our Notitia list — it is in direct sequence after 

 Tunnocelum, which we have supposed to be Bowness : — 



17 Gabrosentis 21 Bremetenracum 



18 Tunnocelum 22 Olenacum 



19 Glannibanta 23 Virosidum 



20 Alionis 



True, there are evidences of other camps between the two places, 

 but there seems to be no more reason that these camps should 

 have Notitia names, than that several camps in close proximity 

 to the Wall between Cilurnum and Amboglanna should have had. 



Even etymology is favourable to us ; for, on the authority of 

 Dr. Hooppell,* it is Glan-y-bant, i.e., "the brink of the height;" a 

 most appropriate name for the station. In point of fact, Dr. 

 Hooppell says, in a letter to myself — and I have his permission to 

 use it — "I certainly think, if Glanoventa was not at the mouth of 

 the Tyne, the only other place known to me that could put in a 

 claim for it is Maryport." Whilst speaking on the Etymological 

 side of the question — the Rev. W, Lytteil has favoured me with 

 the following: — "Glanoventa is clearly the Celtic cladh na b/ifiatita, 

 signifying 'the heroes' camp' — the fort, vallum, or rampart of the 

 heroes. This is pronounced as clahnaveijita, for the bhf is equiva- 

 lent to the English letter V. 



Such derivation carries us still farther back than the Roman 



Itimes ; for it is clear that the heroes could not be Romans. Prob 



[ably the Mote Hill was then part of the belongings of the heroes, 



whilst at least two undoubted "cup and ring" marked stones have 



jeen found. 



But it may be asked, Where are the remains proving it to be 



[Glanoventa ? for the Notitia says that it was garrisoned by the 



ist Cohort of the Morini. As I have already attempted to show, 



*Arcliasologia rEliana, vol. 8, part 23, p. 50. 



