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Catrail (Picts' work ditch) The Catrail or Picts work ditch

The Catrail or Picts work ditch
The Catrail or Pictsworkditch
Gazetter of Scotland
Chambers Caledonia
Mr Kemp Galashier
Mr Riddle The Rink
004.13 ; 008.01 ; 008.05 ; 008.09 ; 008.13 A Remarkable trenched fortification which may be traced (in parts) from near the junction of the Gala and Tweed, to the Mountains in Cumberland its general breadth is from 17 to 24 feet and is Supported by hill-forts scattered in the line of its Course. "It is known in the Country says Chalmers, by the several names of the Catrail, and of the Pictsworkditch." The Catrail is the British name of ancient times; and signifies, in the British language - what distinctly intimates the purposes for which it was made - 'the dividing fence', or the partition of defence. The name of the Pictsworkditch was applied to this remarkable fence, in more modern times, by the same people who called Severus's Wall the Picts-Wall and other objects by the same well Known name. "The Catrail consisting of a fosse, and a double rampart, runs through the Shires of Selkirk, and Roxburgh, from Galashiels on the North, to the Peel-fell, at the eastern extremity of Lidsdale, on the South. The Catrail first appears on the North of a farm called Mosalee

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Parish of Galashiels
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Corpl [Corporal] Leslie R.E. [Royal Engineer]

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