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| Roman Road | Roman Road } General character | Mr. Robert Blacklock (Harbottle) | about 10 chains North of | The remains of an ancient Roman Road leading | ||
| (Site of) | Roman Road } Site of | Mr. Robert Turnbull (Harbottle) | Holystone a Village. | from High Rochester ("Bremenium") to Thrunton (about 1 1/2 miles | ||
| Roman Road } | Mr. Maclauglin’s Map of Roman Roads. | South East of Whittingham) entering this parish about 385 yards | ||||
| North of Cowey’s Cairn (a well known object on the boundary be- | ||||||
| tween the Parishes of Alwinton and Elsdon) then running | ||||||
| in an north easterly direction, from the point, near Cowey’s Cairn | ||||||
| on the South are a great number of large stones regularly laid | ||||||
| for a considerable distance. Continuing in the above direction it | ||||||
| is quite discernible as it passes along the Summit of the well | ||||||
| known ridge called "Long Toe" (which is situated between | ||||||
| Yardhope and Longtoe Burns), from the East end of the | ||||||
| above ridge ("Long Toe") it inclines a little to the South in line | ||||||
| nearly East Crossing Longtoe Burn about 3 feet from its junction | ||||||
| with Holystone and Yardhope Burns, from the last and best | ||||||
| Known place on its route it turns abruptly to the North East, | ||||||
| passing about 40 yards South of North Yardhope (a farmhouse) | ||||||
| and crossing "Well Sike" from the last mentioned rivulet it | ||||||
| runs nearly in an Easterly direction, from the confluence of | ||||||
| "Longtoe Burn" with Holystone Burn to a point about 70 Yards East | ||||||
| of "Well Sike" not the slightest trace visible, the only guide to | ||||||
| its course being the actual appearance of the ground and | ||||||
| general direction, from the above mentioned 70 yards it continues | ||||||
| in an Easterly direction until it crosses "Washpool Sike" from this | ||||||
| place it takes a North Easterly course, crossing the "Saughy Sike" | ||||||
| then keeping nearly parallel and frequently crosses the North side | ||||||
| of the Wood called "The Oaks" About 11 yards North of the North | ||||||
| East corner of "The Oaks" it crosses the Western boundary of | ||||||
| "Holystone Common" about 220 Yards North of the T.O. | ||||||
Note: Unsigned
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