ROMAN FORTRESS
LONDON, Sept. 7. The North of England Excavation Committee has made an interesting discovery at Heddon-on-the-Wall, on the North Tyne, in the form of fragments of an early fortress gate, which consists of parts of the eastern, and western gates of a Roman camp on the Roman wall. There has just been excavated the central pillar of the great east gate_ way (standing sft. in height), the remains of the foot of the western gate central pillar, and a small part of the northern half of the great west gateway. , All the stone work is in a wonderful state of preservation, particularly the h”ge pillar of the great east gateway, which is a gigantic block of masonry*.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 November 1924, Page 16
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119ROMAN FORTRESS Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 November 1924, Page 16
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