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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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