05-21-2013, 09:51 AM
Duncan.
I do remember that my late friend Raymond Selkirk had his own theory that Epiacum was indeed Hexham, this does in fact line up with his 255 line frontier and also another road leaving Ebchester that also lines up on Hexham.
It is of course interesting that all the evidence there is for the Ala Petriana in fact comes from Hexham, and it is a more important and larger town than Corbridge and was the Middle March capital throughout history along with Alnwick and Carlisle as the east and west marches.
I do remember that my late friend Raymond Selkirk had his own theory that Epiacum was indeed Hexham, this does in fact line up with his 255 line frontier and also another road leaving Ebchester that also lines up on Hexham.
It is of course interesting that all the evidence there is for the Ala Petriana in fact comes from Hexham, and it is a more important and larger town than Corbridge and was the Middle March capital throughout history along with Alnwick and Carlisle as the east and west marches.
Brian Stobbs
