HADRIANO AVG P P
LEG II AVG
A PLATORIO NEPOTE LEG PR PR.
The cottage which Mr. Hedley erected for his own residence is, with the exception of the quoins,
entirely formed of stones procured from the station. In addition to the altars which stand in front of the house, several objects of considerable interest are built up in the covered passage which leads from the kitchen to the burn; among them is a range of Roman coping-stones, of the form shewn in the cut. The ‘broaching’ of the stones has been alluded to previously.
Near the stables attached to the house, is a Roman altar converted into a swine-trough; the figure on its side seems to have been intended for an eagle, the emblem of the imperial Jove. A foretaste this of the day when every idol shall be cast to the moles and to the bats. May it speedily arrive!
John Storey, Del. et Lith.
THE CRAGS, WEST OF CRAG LOUGH.
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