After the success of his 1851 book on the Roman Wall (also reissued
in this series), in 1863 John Collingwood Bruce (1805-92) published
this shorter work, intended as 'a guide to pilgrims journeying
along the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus'. Designed 'for the field,
not the library table', it sought 'to inform the traveller what he
is to look for, and to assist him in examining it'. Bruce first
gives a short history of the wall, including medieval and more
recent accounts, and then an overview of the 73-mile structure
itself, from Wallsend in the east to Bowness in the west. The
remainder of the book, illustrated with maps and line engravings,
leads the traveller from section to section, noting details such as
the re-use of Roman masonry in more recent buildings. This guide
was enormously popular, and newly revised versions continue to be
published in the twenty-first century.
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