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ROMAN ROAD (Supposed) [Polwhat Rig] Roman Road
Roman Road
John Fergusson
James Sloan
002; 003; 006 [Situation] Extending across Polwhat Rig passing Craigs of Dunool it's about ½ mile SSE [South outh East] of Dun Hill.
The track of an old road which John Fergusson and Mr Sloan says that it is traditionally handed down as having been made by the Romans, at the time of their invasion in North Britain. It first apears (but scarcely visible) in the parish of Dalry (Kirkcudbrightshire) on the farms of Altry and Curlae. thence it is lost for a Considerable distance, and again appearing on the farm of Burnhead where it becomes well defined and taking a North Westerly direction forming a boundary line betwixt divers farms to the farm of Moor in Carsphairn and from the northern end of Polwhat Rig on the farm of Moor it again is lost and cannot be traced thro'[through] the remaining part of the County.
See Account in Chalmer's Caledonia, Vol.[Volume] 3. P [Page] 236

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Parish of Carsphairn

Roman Road - Form 136 page 29

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