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- ↑ Haverfield, F. (1895). "On a milestone of Carausius and other recent Roman finds". Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . 13: 437.
- ↑ "Sir Austen Henry Layard - British archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.