Observe it well, Mrs. Shortridge. This castellum is a miniature embodiment of Roman taste and skill in architecture.— The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters
This temple before us, mutilated as it is, and the aqueduct, though repaired in modern times, are still Roman; and no ancient monument in Italy is in better preservation than the beautiful little castellum which crowns its termination.— The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters
The castellum is a rectangle, four hundred and sixty-five by seven hundred and four feet, and is surrounded by two deep ditches and by high parapets.— Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
Near the church is a mound, on which stood the "castellum."— Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
De isto quoque ad leucam est Emaus castellum, distans in spacio stadiorum 60. ab Ierusalem, vbi discipuli in coena die resurrectionis Domini cognouerant eum in fractione panis.— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I

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