c 8zj ) 
Branclies, tradng one of them to TlnmtmtJfj and tfie otlicr 
to iafiifle, but omits the maiiiStemmof ic, tiiat runs al- 
fnoft dtrediy Northward to Piercehrt^gf, (o to Denton, 
liou^htcn, binche(ier, Lan^ch'0er, Ehchifter, Corhridge^ 
and through the Heart of Northumberland into Scotland, 
about a Mile and a half to the Weft of Berwick, ft is in 
fevcral places very intire and fair, efpedally between Cor- 
bridge and Binch^fler, the Ridge of it there being for the 
tnoft part two Yards in Height above the Level of the 
Soil, no lefsthan Eight Yards broad, and all pav’d with 
Stones, that are as even as if new laid : as I am inform’d 
by the ingenious Mr. Warhurton, who has often view’d 
it, and to whom we are obliged for the moft accurate 
and ufeful Map of the County of Northumberland that 
was ever yet publifh’d. This Digrefllon, if it may be fo 
call’d, I hope will be excus’d, lince it not only fets light 
an Error, but acquaints you with a noble Roman Way^ 
fcarcely yet known or obferv’d by any body. 
Having fix’d the Seat of this Long vicus, where the 
Infcription was found, let us conlider next what fort of 
a Place it was; and upon due Enquiry it will appear to 
have been one of the mod ancient and eminent stations* 
the Romans were poftels’d of in thefe Parts. As to its 
Antiquity, Dr. Hunter has made it probable, that we 
ought to look for it as high as ']ultus ^^r/V^/a’s command- 
ing under Domitian, in this I Hand : As to its Emincncy, 
the Infcription that came laft from him to the Society as 
well as feveral others found there, is an undeniable Evi- 
dence -of its being a Place of great Confideratioti ; but 
nothing can put that more out of Di fpute than the firft 
which was iome Years ago tranfmitted by the fame 
Hand ^ which therefore I beg leave to infert here with 
that which came laft from him, and the rather becaufe 
little or nothing has ever been (aid upon it, and that they 
will give great Light one to the other. 
Nnnnnnx I^P 
i Fhil. TCturf. N<* 266. 
