light upon- the,' pagé jofhiftory. A.mp.hitheatreS are faïd to be fti'11 vilible
at Silehéfter, , in-1 Hamplhir#, and fome ■ Other, peaces., i The > Roman
eaftle at Richbpröüghj .thg ancieiiit 'Rutupiaeln Keftt,. .prefents’ confider-
aWe- i-emain^'fl^ toaffy.Wadl ^gtoéfgiéd nfetfayfeofafei tim/êni
Roman rinn%:m are e^mmónl|y ^mpffédtdi^tMapor flint,
W^h flrate'.ofcd9it\ï,^ fc si/a|.1 icgn^dfra^fe; ^kjéfffn^&le pavements,
hypocaufts, &c. are generally the; remains of the. vil-l,aS-of lopulent
Rpmansj ^attpre^jpv^r ^hg;cojjptivy, -, Tl^c gr^teft .number .of*; Roman
infcr-tptions, aJhr&.^gg. has. been found i*1 the North, along the» great
frpndetrjiyallr, which- extended frorn.;the_ ^feftern Sga^to ||het#|J,uary öf
Tynei This.yl^yKalljis' jnfljy efteemed-the_ pjoft important remain df
the; Rtimpn poy^er $n ^ g h r u ^ a s that of Antoninus, as- in, Scotland.
The* exten^.was ahqah y^> ;n)il,e.s,, -and. its, qon^trp£tipa-^ forts,;:<St;c.; -have
been, iflyfltrated by Üje labour of federal antiquaries.
Numerous are the more mjnute reties, of tAe; Romans in England^ as
coinsjgëms, weapons,;ormansents; and-tholiksq fernOng-WfciG&jhowè'vë'd
■die1 £lver. diih:>beIoin;ging. to' the DukèK’of!iNorth ümberMnd, defferves
«fpeéhL'mentixmi rr: Ohe '.ofi:the.gmUd<ea\ffeS>tofi. thé’ cd^lizntSöö^'ïnttö-
dneed—by: that, ruling.' people into: thed cpnijastidj ftates, was the -hrgh^
ways, whichcfiaiSH^ndeed^ the'..%ft fger mAqfi national '.indifiö’y^S and
without which inéither öDtaameBee mod Ipddtfyhaii mafe%öyi tëèMdérabfé
pnogrefs.’:, i Comfcións of’this trqth,. the Romans déjcftd to have fentpar-
tacukf 'attenliod tof the confiruMionaof iirpads" iia AJ'dïft&nt prOyhiéée!*
and thofe o f England, yshich mayftiü be traced -i®( yaridus f&toifetócra^
prefenta lafting,monument of thejuftice of' their OOfteéptioniftfe -ex*
tcntjof th d r views,- and- th e iitiUt^ ofthèirppWéri A> grand* trunk, ah
it may be catted, to anticipate the- iangjaage> of- o®? -Inland havigattiotes,
paffed fromAdSauth-to the .North, and; mother A b th e Weft, with
branches, in alraoft: every direction that general COWVehienee hèd ^expedition
could r e q ^ ^ d.What is c a l f e d T ^ ^ i a f
Riehborough, in K e n tth e ancient Rutupite, N. W. through London
to Chefter, The Eritoid-ftrcel paffed; fromiiotadoii iojUincoki'/thonce
to Carlifle,. and iptoScotlaad,. din name beiiig foppofedta be corrupted
from Herman, which means warrior, as the chief wars lay in the North,
- . , « 3 The
T h e F o f l è ^ i a y ''fujpjpofed^^hayMkddfrnhi Bath and thefwefterjn
^gjppSj lN. E. tyirh ieiBed th^^r^uin-fti^et.!]. The l$ft e^ebfatëd.rhid
was thg 'Jhenild, ©ydknelddfppppfgditpi extended'from near Norwich,
3 . W. ^ntO.lfi'ffïfetihiré'-
T h e ’Saxon antiquities in England-areaclpefly .ediflefesj. ^Vjiwtt or J£ .
Gulary.-njany churches remain*,: whieh'vWieté altogether, or! for fhe mo ft
part, cotiftruéted in-Ae. Saxon ,perR)d ; 'and'tfoaaiéiare lextant of,*the’
tenth,.- or perhaps; A e% nirfth, loenturiy. | .The 'vaults .ereéfe'd tby Grim-
bald, all Cferfofcd,: in Ae^reignjof Alfoe^'aiferrjiuftly ■efteeped.'seMrjoud
ariics "of Saxon- areMtea^resr-fMr.*Kinghas -ai%f^uftratód>|beajë»ains
of A e Saxon .ckftlès.A-The,; oldefiTeem4 :otdonfift rctf faneddhtary howor,
fq-uare 1 or hexagonal:’ one of( thesxndéft Cpeè^epsnis*?)GWmgflD'Esrg
Caftle, in Yorkfliire ; but as that sregioh w.as fnbje.ét..- to the Danes, till
the middle,of thè tenith century, ■ it: is probably Dapifh. 'Among hhff
lhaalleriremaims of Saxon art, may be minti’emediAe-ifliriaMifor pren
ferying relicsi, Which feme fuppofé tïóf prefmt'lhe >dirniktutiYe 'rudiments
of what i« ftyled-ithe Gothic architedfnreij; apd) the ^lunainated jaa^p'h-
finspts w h ich . often .afford curious I Mtemorials qf ’ die ftalp e f mapnerf
aindihnowlodge. :
The Danifh power in England, though iGf sonfiderable duration ii*
the.Nhrth” Wt^sf in' the South' brief’ andhfhnfitory.' Thè ca.èjps;i(>f that
nation werê-ehctrlar, like thole o f ‘the Relgae arid Saxons, nhiR tliolb
of Roman arfeies are known by the fqual^; form tl\ar|d‘ ’ifc,is-’dielieved'
that thé ohly diftmfit'.rêlïcS 'óf the Danesj are feme caftl’es^lq; the north
o£;fue|Htmi^;, and a few {tones with Runic inferiptions.
The monuments ftyled ïNötjrhaihVtfaAdf’ to ^lftmguilh‘their epoch’’
than fröm any information that Isfbrman ?afétdtè£ts Wcrtó.' ctnp'lóyed^t
are reputed to cemmonce after thd'eohqlièfl:, and t° ‘ extend to A c four-_
teenth century ; 'when what is called thehlcb>|So'thic began 'tq/dppéar,-,
which, in the fixteejith century, was fupplanted by .thfe'.nifxedand-
this im its’ turn yielded1 tb- the. Grecian- ,:fln general the Norman ftyle
far exceeds the Saxon in the- fize o f the-edifices, and the decoration of
the parts. The churches- become more extenfive and lofty, and:
,a Gough’ s Bn’tifh Topography, I. JO.
A nticjjit
i.es.
Saxon.
Danffliv.
Norman)
th o u g h