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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| THE GIRTHGATE | The Girthgate | Chambers Caledonia Vol:1. p 141. John Hogg. Whitlaw John Gray. Whitlaw Walter Johnston Inchkeith |
001.11; 001.15 | Considered to have been a Bridle or Foot Road between Melrose Abbey & Edinburgh - Chambers in his Caledonia Vol.1 p.141 states the following respecting the Girthgate - "From Eildon, northward, General Roy in tracing its course (The Roman Road) has completely mistaken its track, towards Soutra Hill - without looking for the intimation of others, he was misled by the appearance of the "Girthgate" with passes, from the Bridge-end of Tweed, up the Valley of Allan Water, across the moors, to Soutra Hospital, on Soutra Hill - This foot-way without any examination of its formation, or materials, he mistook for the only remains of this Roman Road - He forgot, that Warburton, the Surveyor, & Antiquary, had rode upon the true road, in 1722, from the River Reed in Northumberland, by Jedburgh, Melrose, Lauder etc etc.- See Warburton's Letters to Gale, dated 12th December 1723, in Reliquiæ Galeanæ - P 438 - |
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