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Roman Road continued:-

"mentioned or crossed the top of the hill; and I may add that it may have taken both of the latter courses. The top of this hill forms a flat plateau of considerable extent which is occupied by a Camp." (See description of Camp Plan 47.14). "On the north and north west the hill slopes very gently and we find in consequence that this part of the Camp is defended by a second rampart and ditch. There are here gates through both entrenchments, and from there a Roman road can clearly and unequivocally be traced descending the hill. Descending from this hill the Roman road clearly and distinctly marked, continues in a north west direction along the right bank of the Clyde, at a little distance from that river. In the bed of the Shilling Cleuch Burn, one of the tributaries which it crosses, a Roman camp kettle was found about forty years ago but having been appropriated by the finder to domestic putposes it has long been lost sight of. The road continues in the same direction for about three miles till after crossing the Midlock and Camp Water, it reaches the base of a hill which projects from the main range, and causes a considerable deflection in the course of the river. At this point which is in the immediate vicinity of the Castle of Crawford it is rejoined by the branch which separated