Return From The Wilderness
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Salvete Omnes!
I am pleased to be able to return to the forum at last. I hope to have new photos from the Luguvallum area next week and from Alavanna (Watercrook) .The Tullie House museum and Carlisle Castle diggings are on my itinerary.
edit: The Alavanna to which I refer is not Alavanna Carvetorium (Maryport) it is possibly related to the "lost port" of the Morecambe Estuary , namely that port used by II Adiutrix to combine with IX on its march north to deal with the Brigantine uprising in the southern Lake District,( possibly on the River Kent at Newby Bridge). Alavanna would be the next logical base along the river to secure an inland base with excellent natural defences, ie: surrounded by a wide ox-bow meander.The modern town of Kendal is nearby.
It also seems that the slightly later Flavian imperative in this area was to "divide and conquer" keeping the tribes split and off balance , particularly also to keep the Carvetti from harm at the hands of the Brigantines.
here is a pocket review of a useful text...
http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3722
and..
http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?automo...owentry&eid=255
the alpha-numero Herbal index is undergoing tweaking.
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