 | English essays - 1752 - 694 pages
...workmen employed in making the military road to Carlifle, found a great number of curious Roman •oins and medals in the ruins of the old wall near Heddon. They had been depofited in wooden boxes, which were almoft decayed ; yet feveral of the medals are as frefh and fair... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1761 - 360 pages
...completed. In the Month of Ottobtr 1752. the Workmen employed in making the military Road to Carlijle, found a great Number of curious Roman Coins and Medals in the old Wall near Haddon. They had been depofited in wooden Boxes, which were almoft decay'd ; yet feveral... | |
 | John Sykes - Durham (England : County) - 1824 - 400 pages
...from their moorings. Two of the largest stones on the Quay, on which the rings were to moor This year, the workmen, employed in making the military road...medals in the ruins of the old wall, near Heddon. They bad been deposited in wooden boxes, which were almost decayed ; yet several of the medals were as fresh... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - Berwick-upon-Tweed (England) - 1825 - 538 pages
...turnpike bends to the right, and leaves the ditch and a fragment of the Wall on the left. In 1752, the workmen employed in making the military road to Carlisle, found a great number of curious coins and medals, in the ruins of the Wall near this place. VINDOBALA, at present called Rutchester,... | |
 | 1841 - 894 pages
...was buried at St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle. — Local Papers. November. — Early in this month the workmen employed in making the military road to...several of the medals were as fresh and fair as if newly struck. Some were of silver, but the most part of copper, and a mixture of coarser metal. Several... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1842 - 450 pages
...was buried at St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle. — Local Papers. November. — Early in this month the workmen employed in making the military road to...several of the medals were as fresh and fair as if newly struck. Some were of silver, but the most part of copper, and a mixture of coarser metal. Several... | |
 | Whellan, William, & Co - Northumberland (England) - 1855 - 1010 pages
...of the barony of Bolbeck, but it now belongs to the above-mentioned proprietors. In November 1752, the workmen employed in making the military road to Carlisle, found a great number of Roman coins and medals, in the ruins of Hadrian's Wall in this township. THE VILLAGE of Heddon-on-the-Wall... | |
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Early in this month the workmen employed in making the military road to Carlisle, found a great number of curious Roman coins and medals, in the ruins of the old wall near Heddon. They had been deposited in wooden boxes, which were almost decayed ; yet... 