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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 19 - Parish of Eskdalemuir, OS1/10/19

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[Page] 44
Parish of Eskdalemuir
Sheet 18 No. 1 Trace 5

[Entry for 'Roman Road' is crossed out but transcribed for interest] Note. - No mention being made of the existence of a Roman Road
in Eskdalemuir by Statistical or other Authority and the
features of track as shewn on Plan being at variance with
those hitherto characteristic of such roads and as shewn on
various Plans of other Parishes, this track may with greater
propriety be surmised as only that of a drove road or pack road.
The traverse of this track is also unfavorable to the supposition of its
having been Roman, as the direction pursued would have been either
to the West in communication with the Clydesdale branch or to the
East in connection with the line of road which led from Liddel Moat
in Cumberland via Newton in Canonbie & Langholm in Dumfriesshire, by or near
to Hawick in Roxburghshire on to a Roman Camp on the Eildon Hills (Trimontium)
near which it must have joined the Watling Street.

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 19 - Parish of Eskdalemuir, OS1/10/19

This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Eskdalemuir.

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Dumfries, which is in the south west of Scotland.

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