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Itinerarium curiosum (centuria I)

Chapter 14: THE PLATES IN ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM, Cent. I.
By William Stukeley
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The author records a series of travel itineraries across Britain, offering firsthand descriptions of antiquities, natural curiosities, and local monuments illustrated with engraved plates. The narrative blends concise site reports, sketches of observations, and reflections on antiquarian method, emphasizing direct inspection over compiling others' accounts. Prefatory remarks invite readers to pursue further local research and correspondence, while practical plates and appended indexes serve as field aids for travelers and antiquaries. The tone alternates between personal travel notes and systematic cataloguing, with many entries presented as memorandum-like prompts for deeper inquiry.

THE
PLATES
IN
ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM, Cent. I.

And where explained.
1.
 Rural Curiosity. Marlborough mount, and the cascade at Wilton.
Pag. 64
2.
   Lincolnshire decoys.
3.
 Seats. Lord Hartford’s house at Marlborough.
4.
 Ichnography of castles. Ludlow castle, ground-plot and prospect.
5.
   Prospect of the same.
6.
 Views of castles. Rochester castle.
7.
 Bridges. Croyland bridge.
8.
 Ichnography of Palaces. Whitehall ruins ground-plot.
9.
 Ruins of Palaces. King John’s palace at Clarendon.
10.
 Seals. Of the church of Norwich.
11.
 Crosses. St. Guthlack’s, Ivy cross, Ednam, Hadenham, and others.
12, 19, 34, 107
12.
   Waltham cross.
13.
 Prospects. Blackston cave, &c. near Bewdley.
14.
 Hermitages. Dale abbey, &c. and Blackston cave ground-plot.
15.
 Portraits. Sir Harry Spelman.
16.
 Monumental brasses. Bishop Smith, founder of Brazen-nose college.
17.
 Marbles. Aylwin alderman of England.
18.
   King John’s effigies at Worcester.
19.
 View of churches. Boston, Lincolnshire.
20.
   Colsterworth church.
21.
   Holbech church.
22.
 Religious ruins. Priory of Leominster.
23.
 Gatehouses. Reding abbey, and Worcester college.
24.
 Places of interment of archbishops. St. Augustin, St. Augustin’s abbey.
25.
   Ruins of that abbey, king Ethelbert’s chapel. St. Gregory’s chapel.
26.
 Kings. Reding abbey, king Harry I.
27.
   Feversham abbey, king Stephen.
28.
 Ichnography of abbies. Kirsted abbey, Tupholm abbey.
29.
 Shrines. St. Hugh the Burgundian’s shrine, Lincoln.
30.
 Altars. The high altar of St. Alban’s abbey.
31.
   The backside of the same.
32.
   White fryers in Gloucester.
33.
   Ichnography of Glassenbury abbey.
34.
   The kitchen there.
35.
   St. Joseph of Arimathea’s chapel.
36.
   Ruins of Glassenbury abbey.
37.
   Prospect of the same.
38.
 Pictish. The caves of Hauthornden, Scotland.
39.
 British. The Troglodytes of Nottingham.
40.
 Greek. A view at Athens.
41.
 Roman camps. Chlorus his camp, near Clarendon park.
42.
   Oldbury camp in Wiltshire.
43.
   Camalet castle and view from St. Roc’s hill.
44.
   Martinsal hill, Montacute hill, &c.
45.
 Walls. Silchester walls, and a Roman camp.
46.
 Pharos. Pharos in Dover castle.
47.
   Ground-plot and section of the same.
48.
 Romano-Saxonic. St. Martin’s church, Canterbury, and the Church in Dover-castle.
49.
 Roman inscriptions. Chichester, &c.
50.
 Amphitheatre. Dorchester amphitheatre ground-plot.
51.
   From the entrance a view.
52.
   Another view.
53.
   The sections and oblique view of the amphitheatre.
54.
 Gates. Roman gate at Lincoln and Canterbury.
55.
 Buildings. Temple of Janus at Leicester.
56.
 Itinerary. Of Antoninus.
6, 76, 111, 205
57.
 Ichnography of Roman Cities. Londinium Augusta, London.
58.
   Garionenum by Yarmouth.
59.
 and Camboritum, Chesterford Mag.
60.
 Prospect of Roman Cities. Spinæ, Newberry.
61.
   Vindoma, Silchester.
62.
   Cunetio castrum, Marlborough.
63.
   Prospect of Marlborough.
64.
   Leucomagus, Great Bedwin.
65.
   Sorbiodunum, Old Sarum.
66.
   Prospect of Old Sarum.
67.
   View of Old and New Sarum from Harnham-hill.
68.
   Verlucio, Heddington.
69.
   Punctuobice, the Devizes.
70.
   Aquæ Solis, Bath.
71.
   Prospect of the Bath.
72.
   Ischalis, Ilchester.
73.
   Isca Dumnoniorum, Exeter.
74.
   Prospect of Exeter.
75.
   Moridunum, Seaton.
76.
   Londinis, Lyme.
77.
   Durnovaria, Dorchester.
78.
   Prospect of Dorchester.
79.
   Trausantum, Southampton, and prospect from Portsmouth.
80.
   Portus Magnus, Portchester, and view in the port.
81.
   Mantantonis, Chichester.
82.
   Prospect of Portsmouth and of Chichester.
83.
   Venta Belgarum.
84.
   Pontes, Stanes.
85.
   Ariconium, Kenchester.
86.
   Derventio, Little Chester by Derby.
87.
   Agelocum, Littlebury.
88.
   Lindum colonia, Lincoln.
89.
   Banovallum, Horncastle.
90.
   Ad Pontem, by Bridgford.
91.
   Margidunum, by Willoughby.
92.
   Ratæ Coritanorum, Leicester.
93.
   Benonis, High-cross.
94.
   Tripontium, Dove-bridge.
95.
   Verolanium, Verolam.
96.
   Durovernum, Canterbury.
97.
   Richborough-castle.
98.
   Lapis tituli, Folkstone.
99.
   Lemanus Portus, Limne.
100.
 Celestial character. The great conjunction of the five Planets.
101.
   Total eclipse of the Sun in 1721.