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Roman Road continued:-

of these men are old residents of the neighbourhood). At 173 feet from where the modern road turns west to cross the New Bridge, the track of the old road can be plainly seen, and after crossing the modern road, runs along a stone wall for about half a mile, where it leaves the wall and winds along the east bank of the River Clyde. From the point where the road leaves the wall to a distance of about a mile the track of the road is very faint, but by probing for stones &c. it can easily be made out. Opposite Glespin Poll the road is again well defined, and can easily be traced past Bellstone Craig to the edge of Midlock Water. Some people suppose that it went round by Midlock Mill and returned past where the present house of Midlock stands, and again turning to the N.W. crossed the Camps Water, and joined the Roman Road out of Nithsdale about 8 chains west from Crawford Castle (The track of the road can easily be traced up the edge of Midlock Water, but the filed on the opposite side of the water has been ploughed &c. and no trace of the road can be seen through it, but it is more than probable that the road took the route as indicated by the yellow dotted line (see Trace 3-47-6) but information on this point is very vague and not to be relied upon). From the point of junction of the two roads, the Road runs along a stone fence and wire paling, leaving which it passes through a small plantation, and passes through the Raggan Gill, a pass of considerable elevation and enters the Parish of Lamington near Abington Railway Station. The road is well defined and can be easily traced along the route last described.