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the stone preferred in each case was the magnesian limestone, 

 from the vicinity of Calcaria and Legeolium. For heavier 

 work, sculptures on a large scale, altars, and tombs, the Romans 

 mostly employed the solid gritstone of Brimham, Plumpton, and 

 Ilkley ; probably following in this the example set them by the 

 ambitious rearers of the Devil's Arrows. 



The stranger in York who has seen the Minster will do well 

 to walk round the city walls, as far as practicable upon them ; he 

 should observe the singular defensive features imparted by the 

 walled banks of the river, and the towers at and near Lendal 

 Ferry; inspect Clifford's Tower; the four Bars; the Norman 

 porches of St. Margaret and St. Denis; the Guildhall; and 

 spend as much time as can be afforded in the Yorkshire Mu- 

 seum and the grounds adjacent. Here the Roman wall, 

 St. Mary's Abbey, St. Leonard's Hospital, rich collections of 

 local natural history, and a large and fine series of British, 

 Roman, Saxon, and Mediaeval antiquities, will reward careful 

 inspection. 



Of Roman monuments mentioned by Camden and other 

 writers as belonging to Eburacum, but now lost, we may men- 

 tion the curious sarcophagus which Marcus Verecundus Dio- 

 genes, Sevir of the colony of Eboracum, and citizen of Biturix 

 Cubus, made while living for himself. This is the only one 

 which mentions Eburacum as a colony*. 



M . VERECVNDVS DIOGENES InnlVIR COL 

 EBOR IBEIDEMQ MORT GIVES BITVRIX 

 CVBVS HAEC SIBI VIWS FECIT 



On a votive altar found at Bishophill in 1638, and made 

 known by Lister, Publius ./Elius Marcianus, prsefect of a cohort, 

 expresses his gratitude to Jove and the domestic gods and god- 

 desses for the preservation of his health and that of his family, 

 perhaps during the prevalence of some epidemic. 



* Kenrick, in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. 



