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post. From this tract the regulus Cereticus was expelled by 

 Eadwin son of Ella, king of Northumberland, in 620. Barwick 

 is said to have been a royal vill of Northumberland, and to 

 have been surrounded by walls. The great mound ('Auld 

 howe '}, with its encircling ditch and other works, is well worthy 

 of a visit. It may be studied in connexion with mounds at 

 Killingbeck. Perhaps it retains the Gaelic name 'Barrach/ a 

 high mound. 



Roman remains have been found at several places near Leeds, 

 on the north side of the Aire, especially at Adel Mill, where a 

 camp has been traced on the line of Roman road from Ilkley 

 to Bramham Moor. A sepulcral inscription at Adel reads 

 thus : 



D . M . S 



CADIEDI 



NIAE FO(r) 



TVNA . 



PIA . V.A.X. 



Another, imperfect, retains only 



IVGI . PIENTISS . 

 H . S . 



Three similar figures sculptured on one stone were supposed 

 to represent the Dese Matres (Horsley). 



From Leeds to Castleford the Aire sweeps through fertile 

 meadows below gently elevated, mostly well- wooded regions; 

 in which Temple Newsham, Methley, and Ledstone are con- 

 spicuous houses. Coal is dug in all this tract, a miracle 

 achieved since Castleford was a frequented Roman station, the 

 Legeolium of Antoninus. Here Rudgate, the great road from 

 Isurium, crossed the Aire, no doubt by a ford at or near the 

 head of the tide. There is no trace of the Roman camp, but 

 coins and other antiquities of the empire have been dug up. 

 Over the door of Methley Church was placed a mutilated statue 

 of the Northumbrian king Oswald, who died in battle against 



