Yet it accounts, on the most liberal estimate, for barely one-eighth of the civilized part of the province.
[Footnote 1: The fortress was situated on the left or east bank of the Ouse close to the present cathedral, which stands wholly within its area.

Parts of the Roman walls can still be traced, especially at the so-called Multangular Tower.

The municipality lay on the other (west) bank of the Ouse, near the railway station, where various mosaics indicate dwelling-houses.

Its outline and plan are, however, not known.
Even its situation has not been generally recognized.] [Footnote 2: If the evidence of milestones may be pressed, the 'territory' of Eburacum extended southwards at least twenty miles to Castleford, and that of Lincoln at least fourteen miles to Littleborough (_Ephemeris Epigraphica_, vii.

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