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| Roman Road | the "Cat Law" a well known eminence on the aforesaid | |||||
| Common, proceeding in the last named direction about 150 | ||||||
| yards from the boundary of Holystone Common, it intersects the | ||||||
| Drove Road leading between Elsdon and Harbottle, for about 40 | ||||||
| yards on the East side and 30 on the West side of the intersection evident | ||||||
| traces exist, Immediately North of "Cat Law" the footpath leading | ||||||
| between North Yardhope (a farmhouse) and Holystone joins the an- | ||||||
| cient R. Road, at this particular point, the South Side of the | ||||||
| road is raised or faced with rough stones this was necessary owing | ||||||
| to the slope towards the South (there being an angle of about 30 [degrees]) | ||||||
| from the last mentioned portion, it is with a few exceptions in | ||||||
| a good state of preservation, and continues so, until it reaches | ||||||
| a point about 253 yards South of "Rob Roy’s Cave" which is situated | ||||||
| in the well known ravine called "Lanternside Cleugh" from the | ||||||
| last well known points the Site turns rather abruptly to the | ||||||
| Northward, looking at the nature of the ground it must have | ||||||
| crossed the North side of "Cocklaw Bush" (a hill) continuing in | ||||||
| the same route passes about 3 yards North of the far famed | ||||||
| "Lady’s Well" (about 1/8 mile from Holystone) persuing the | ||||||
| last mentioned direction, crosses Sharperton Common and | ||||||
| the River Coquet, until it cuts the Township Road | ||||||
| about 288 yards north of Sharperton Edge (a farmhouse) | ||||||
| from this point until it reaches "Foxton Burn" the | ||||||
| remains are quite visible. from Foxton Burn to where | ||||||
| it enters the Parish of Rothbury at Ewe Hill, the | ||||||
| traces are just faint, the whole has been carefully | ||||||
| inserted on the various plans. | ||||||
| George Davison Junr Civil Assistant |
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