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| APPLEGARTH [Continued] | Vestiges of the Clydesdale Roman Road may still be traced by slight elevations composed of stone and gravel extending in a line from South to North along the West side of the Parish. The New Statistical Account of Dumfriesshire says "A Roman Road also traverses the Parish, in a Northerly direction, it may be traced in some places for several hundred yards above the level of the adjoining ground. It appears to have led from a strong Station in the farm of Dryfeholm, in the neighbouring Parish of Dryfesdale, in the direction towards Moffat." Two Roman Camps respectively near Dinwoodie Hill and on Cleuch-heads Hill at the North and South extremities of Parish have been shewn - though not of that particular formation assigned to Roman Camps, they appear to be characterised as such by other than local Authority as is shewn by the following quotation from the New Statistical Account of Dumfriesshire "On Dinwoodie Hill and on Cleugh-heads Hill, which is not planted, there are two Roman Stations still very distinct." At a short distance N.W. [North West] from Cleuch-heads Hill there is also a small Station which is characterised in locality as a supposed Roman Camp and which may have formed an Outpost to that on Cleuch-heads Hill. Numerous round and oval Stations (16 in all) occur throughout the Parish which the people of the locality assume are British Forts and are accordingly characterised as such on Plans. A Moat in the Minister's garden is still in escellent preservation, upon which a structure of some sort is supposed to have stood as "in trenching the Moat for garden ground a few rough squared blocks of red sandstone were found." Some have conjectured this Moat to have been the Site of a Church where King Edward I on his route to the Wiege of Carlaverock Castle made oblations. The Site of this Monastery or Church has been shewn a little to the S.S.E. [South South East] of the Moat which is that generally assigned thereto by well-informed parties in the locality. Chalmers in his Caledonia speaking of this Structure gives his Authority of the "Royal Wardrobe Accounts" for the following "On 7th of July, 1300, Edward I who was then at Applegarth, on his way to the siege of Caerlaverock made an oblation of seven shillings at St. Nicholas' Altar in the Parish Church of Applegarth, and another oblation of a like Sum in the same Church at the Altar of St. Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in honour of this Martyr, whose translation was Commemorated on this day." It is believed that the two old Parishes of Sibbaldbie and Dinwoodie were successively Annexed to Applegarth, the Sites of the Churches of which have been shewn respectively at the S En. [South Eastern] and N.Wn [North Western] Parish district, the latter however being confirmed only by vestiges or traces of its Church Yard, but wherein the precise site cannot be recognised by any one in the locality. The Site of the Ancient Market Cross of Applegarth is shewn a few Chains East from the Parish Church. In the same neighbourhood a large Ash tree is pointed out in which massive Iron Collars were found embedded from which it derives the Appellation of the Gorget Tree. A venerable thorn called "Abbie Thorn" stands in a field about 26 chains East of the Parish Church which it is said was lanted on the spot where Bell of Albie fell while in pursuit of the Maxwells after the battle of Dryfe Sands which was fought in the Parish of Dryfesdale. July, 1857 |
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[Page] 2Parish of Applegarth County of Dumfries
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