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Watling Street | Macloughlin’s Plan of Antiquities | 30 Chains West of | The remains of an ancient Roman Road | |||
ROMAN ROAD | Watling Street | Mr. Thompson (Bygate Hall) | Ralph’s Walls | entering this parish a short distance | ||
(Site of) | Watling Street | Mr. George Telford (Blindburn) | West of the Source of "Long Sike". it then | |||
(Watling Street) | runs in a South easterly direction, passing | |||||
a little to the east of Green Hartley | ||||||
(a small hill) Continuing in the same direction | ||||||
it passes on the East side of Chew Green | ||||||
and Ad Fines Camps, crossing the | ||||||
River Coquet about 276 Yards from the | ||||||
latter. After leaving the River Coquet it | ||||||
continues in the above direction up the face | ||||||
of a steep eminence, this steep or hilly | ||||||
portion of the road is well known as | ||||||
"Gammel’s Path". from the last named | ||||||
place it inclines a little more to the | ||||||
East passing the Outer Golden Pot, | ||||||
at a distance of about 140 Yards | ||||||
South East of the Outer Golden Pot | ||||||
the Road crosses the boundary and | ||||||
enters the parish of Elsdon. | ||||||
From near the source of the "Long Sike the | ||||||
traces of this ancient Road are quite | ||||||
visible, for rather more than 500 yards, coming | ||||||
near Chew Green the traces become quite | ||||||
faint and scarcely discernable, between Chew | ||||||
Green (passing the Ad Fines Camps) and the | ||||||
River Coquet it is nearly obliterated. | ||||||
from the River Coquet up a portion of the | ||||||
Road | ||||||
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Transcribed by ARJC
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