URE. 67 



300 feet. The northern stone is, according to Gough, 16 feet 

 by 84 inches, above the ground; the middle one 21^ feet by 

 55^ inches ; and the southern one 22| x 4 x 4| feet. Mr. Law- 

 son, to whom these precious monuments older than Isurium 

 belong, by excavating round the basis of the northern stone 

 found it to be roughly fashioned, and firmly imbedded about 

 4 feet below the surface in a dry sandy soil. 



North. 



The Roman camp at Isu Brigantum was walled like that at 

 Eburacum, but without the angle towers. It formed an oblong 

 parallelogram, with the north-east and south-west angles be- 

 velled. In our plan (PL XXXIV.), which is taken from one 

 prepared by Mr. Gill, from a recent survey, the length appears 

 about 1940 feet, and the breadth 1320. The included area 

 would be nearly 60 acres, which may be regarded as indicating 

 one of the greatest stations, ranking with that of York. There 

 are roads through three sides of the camp, two of which bear the 

 names of Westgate and Eastgate : they are not opposite. The 

 southern entrance is in the centre of that part of the wall. 

 No opening is traced in the north wall. The church of Aid- 

 borough stands in the very centre of the camp. Outside of 



