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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN ROAD [Crawford parish] | Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road Roman Road |
John Paterson ([Houiecleugh]) Mr James Welsh (Errickstane Braefoot) Thomas McMoran (March) Archibald Thornton (Little Clyde) William Graham ([B....berry End]) G. T. Irving Esqr (Newton Ho) Joseph Keir (Newton Ho) William Cranstoun (Crawford Inn) Estate Plan (Colebrooke Co [County] Map ([Forest...]) |
050 | [Situation] General description of the supposed line of the Roman Road, from Annandale into Clydesdale, from the point where it enters the County of Lanark and Parish of Crwaford until it passes into Lamington Parish near Abington Railway Station. The supposed Roman Road out of Annandale into Clydesdale enters Lanarkshire at the foot of a small hill known as the Black [Lype] which forms the N.E. [North East] extremity of a range which is well known as the Black Fell, it here skirts a piece of boggy ground known as Annanhead Moss, and for a distance of 30 chains runs nearly parallel with the old [Trust] or Mail Road, on the South side thereof; it crosses the latter near the Hassock Well and gradually ascends the Divoty Knowes, a small undulating hill on the farm of Raecleuch, which it skirts on the N.E. [North East] side, and descends on the N. [North] where it crosses |
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