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vallum
/ ˈvæləm /
noun
- archaeol a Roman rampart or earthwork
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Journeying from Brunton to Limestone Bank, one finds the fosses and vallum exceptionally perfect.
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Tregonning Hill, close by, is somewhat higher, and its summit has a fine entrenchment with a striking inner vallum.
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When the barrow was of earth, this was effected by an encircling trench or a low vallum.
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This means caput valli, and is the name for the eastern termination of the Vallum of Antoninus.
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Nothing can be more plainly traced—a proper agger or vallum, with its corresponding ditch or fossa.
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