The Roman Wall / A historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, deduced from numerous personal surveys

by J. Collingwood Bruce

MARCELLUS PRÆ[FECTUS]

To Fortune

The first cohort of the Batavians

Commanded by

Melaccinius

Marcellus, Prefect.

The conclusion is natural,—Carrawburgh is the Procolitia of the Notitia.

BORCOVICUS ASCERTAINED.

Moving westward, the next station we come to is Housesteads; here numerous inscribed stones have been discovered, which mention the first cohort of the Tungri. One of these, an altar to Jupiter, which is now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and is preserved in their museum, is accurately given in the accompanying engraving.