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leaft I doubt it was an encampment of the men, 
whilfi at work on the road, and perhaps a baiting- 
place on their marches ; tho’ there are no veftigies 
of any trench remaining, it being the only place free 
from mofs for fome miles, and a fine fpring near it. 
Imagining with Mr. Horfley, that xxm might be 
the right number, I fearched Gowkerhill-end, and 
Lindleymoor-fide, to no purpofe. I therefore ima- 
gine, that the difiance fhould be xxvrn, which will 
fall nearly on Rafirick ; unlefs you will fuppofe, that 
the Roman xvin miles are as long as our computed 
miles, which would ftill fall (reckoning on the courfe 
of the Roman highway) near Rafirick on the river 
Calder. I couid wifli fuch of the gentlemen, who 
are antiquarians, and live near Rafirick", would in- 
quire of the neighbours thereabouts for the road, or 
for a camp. For I f.nd it not a little difficult to per- 
fuade the country people to give any information, - 
uniefs they know the inquirer. 
Perhaps the names of Caftlefteads, Cafilefiiaw, 
Campfield, or fome fuch other name, may yet re- 
main to guide an antiquarian to the place, as the 
name of Cafileffiaw was the guide to me to find out 
the ftation, which I fuppofe to be Alunna. 
But to fpeak more intelligibly to the point : from 
Eboracum to Calcaria being ix from Calcaria to 
Cambodunum being xx miles, and to Mancunian! 
xvin, in the Itinerary ; it muft be confider’d, that 
from York to Tadt after is 9 computed miles, an- 
swering ix in the Itinerary. From Tadcafterto Raf- 
trick is 20 computed miles ; and from Rafirick to 
the fort at Manchefier is along the track of the 
Roman road 18 computed miles. So that if the 
Romans 
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