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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Miltary Road | Military Road | Continued | was thrown up, so as to form a mound. on the outside the excavation - No part of this road appears to have been paved with stones - It does not go straight forwards, but in several places takes a bend - This remain is so different from all the Roman roads, in North Britain, that it is not easy to suppose it to have been constructed, by Roman hands - It may have been the work of Romanized Britons, during their struggles, after the Roman abdication - when they re-occupied their strengths, on that sad occasion, they may have imitated the policy of the Romans, in connecting their Posts, by a Military way, upon a Plan, that was adapted to their own purpose - Unlike the Roman Roads, this Military Road, |
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[page] 52Parish of Bowden
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