Observations on the effects of Buxton water ... / [Joseph Denman].

  • Denman, Joseph
Date:
1793
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Credit: Observations on the effects of Buxton water ... / [Joseph Denman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not be denied, that in moft languages it has alfo a more limple fignification, implying merely a place of fecurity. And certainly, from the unfortunate circumftances of thofe times which immediately fucceeded the re¬ treat of the Romans from Britain, fuch a for¬ tified place mult have been particularly re¬ quired, and never more neceflary than in fuch a country. The remains of an intrench- ment on the hill or mountain weft of Caftleton are by fome fuppofed to have been a place of worfhip ; and this conjecture is* ftrengthened by the name of the mountain which is called Mam-tor. A lead mine^ im- * mediately under it, and the moft ancient work of the kind in this part of the country, is alfo denominated Woden. But an atten¬ tion to the conduCt of the lines, which on the north are carried to a great extent, far beyond the limits of Mam-tor, entirely does away this conjecture. The names of the deities, however, fufficiently prove the very intimate connection of all this part of the country with every thing relating to the Saxons. It is admitted that no road can be traced eaftward from Brough : it is admitted alfo that Caftleton is far pofterior to the times of the