[130]. The last time I was in the crypt, I was impressed with the idea that some portions of it were actually of Roman workmanship; if so, St. Wilfrid has adapted to his own uses the vaults which he found on the spot. The crypt at Ripon, to which this bears a marked resemblance, is now understood to be Roman.
[131]. Horsley, near the close of his work, was less opposed to this view than at the beginning. In a note (p. 481), he says—‘I see no reason to change my sentiments concerning any one of these stations; except that I am more inclined to yield to the common opinion, that Bremetenracum is at Brampton, and to think that Olenacum and Virosidum are transposed; so that Olenacum may be Ellenborough, on the river Ellen, and Virosidum, Old Carlisle, on the Wiza. And if the military-way near the Wall, which goes by Watchcross, has led to Brampton, as the country people suppose, this might still make it more probable, that Brampton is Bremetenracum.’
[132]. Caledonia Romana, 131.
[133]. Caledonia Romana, 134.
[134]. Pinkerton’s Inquiry into the History of Scotland, i. 55.
[135]. I do not, however, find that the Antonine Wall is now known in the district by the name of Severus’ Wall.
[136]. See chronological tables of Roman History in Smith’s Dictionary of Biography and Mythology.
[137]. This small altar was found at Benwell, and is now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries, London—it is drawn to twice the usual scale.
[138]. On the ides the undefiled priest in the temple of the great Jove offers in the flames the entrails of a wether.
[139]. Archæologia Æliana, i. 306.