VOL. XXX.] PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. 365 



the Watlingstreet, as Dr. Hunter and the country call it, a little beyond Cat- 

 tarick in Yorkshire, divides it there into two branches, tracing one of them to 

 Tinmouth, and the other to Carlisle, but omits the main stem, that runs 

 almost directly northward to Piercebridge, so to Denton, Houghton, Binchester, 

 Lanchester, Ebchester, Corbridge, and through the heart of Northumberland 

 into Scotland, about a mile and a half to the west of Berwick. It is in several 

 places very entire and fair, especially between Corbridge and Binchester, its 

 ridge there being for the most part 2 yards in height above the level of the soil, 

 no less than 8 yards broad, and all paved with stones, which are as even as if 

 new laid ; as I am informed by the ingenious Mr. Warburton, who has often 

 viewed it, and to whom we are obliged for the most accurate and useful map of 

 the county of Northumberland that was ever yet published. 



Having fixed the seat of this Longovicus where the inscription was found, 

 let us consider next what sort of place it was; and on due inquiry it will appear 

 to have been one of the most ancient and eminent stations the Romans were 

 possessed of in those parts. As to its antiquity, Dr. Hunter has made it pro- 

 bable that we ought to look for it as high as Julius Agricola's commanding under 

 Domitian in this island; as to its eminency, the inscription that came last from 

 him to the Society, as well as several others found there, are undeniable evi- 

 dence of its being a place of great importance; but nothing can put that more 

 out of dispute than the first, which was some years ago sent by the same per- 

 son, and mentioned in N° 266. 



The stone on which the first is cut has been broke in two, by which some of 

 the letters are defaced; however, it may be very well read as follows: the letters 

 PRE in the fourth line I take to be a mistake of the workman, having seen 

 several copies, where they are so transcribed ; that they should be per is evi- 

 dent from the fifth line of the second inscription. 

 I. Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 



Pius Felix Augustus Balneum cum 



Basilica a solo instruxit 



Per Cneium Lucilianum Legatum Augustalem 



PropraBtorem Curante Marco Aurelio 



Quirino Praefecto cohortis primae Longovicariorum, or rather, Legionis 

 Gordianae. 

 The second can be read only after the following manner: fig. 8, pi. 8. 

 II. Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius 



Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus 



Principia et Armamentaria 



Conlapsa restituit 



