On 31 July 1849, John Collingwood Bruce gave a lecture on Hadrian’s Wall at the British Archaeological Association’s annual Congress in Chester. This was his first lecture outside his native North-East on the subject on which he was soon to become the leading authority. Two primary accounts of the occasion survive, but are contradictory in several details. These contradictions are explored, the accuracy of the account in the JBAA upheld and the importance of the occasion emphasised.

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英国考古协会和布鲁斯的《罗马墙》的成因

1849年7月31日，约翰·科林伍德·布鲁斯（John Collingwood Bruce）在切斯特（Chester）举行的英国考古学会年度大会上，就哈德良长城进行了演讲。这是他在自己的故乡东北之外的首次演讲，很快他成为该学科的主要权威。场合的两个主要描述仍然存在，但在几个细节上是矛盾的。探索了这些矛盾，维护了JBAA中帐户的准确性，并强调了场合的重要性。