416 ROMAN ROAD IN THE 
27 miles; to Coccium 20 miles; to Mancunium, 
17 miles; beginning at Brougham castle, accord- 
ing to some antiquaries, or at Whitley castle, ac- 
cording to Camden, and ending here. The dis- 
tance, as given above, is 83 miles, and making the 
necessary allowance between the.straight line of 
the Romans and the winding one of the present 
road from Penrith to Manchester, seems to be 
tolerably correct. The intermediate distances, 
however, are, if the intermediate stations be the 
same as Antonine visited, obviously incorrect. 
Supposing with Dr. Whitaker, Galacum to be the 
station at Boroughbridge, and Overborough, as 
is nowgenerally agreed upon, to be Bremetonace, 
the distance between the two, as given by Anto- 
nine, and as they are separated at present, far from 
corresponds. Again, the distance between Breme- 
tonace Overborough, and Coccium or Rib- 
chester, as far exceeds what Antonine gives as 
the other exceeds the real distance. Much more 
is his statement inaccurate if Coccium be near 
Blackrode, where the Manchester historian would 
fix it. Besides, from Ribchester to Manchester 
is much beyond 17 Roman miles ; and if we ob- 
viate this error by stationing Coccium at Black- 
rode, we are no nearer, because we only increase 
the error elsewhere. There hence appears to be 
