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| Ridley Common | See Name Book of Sheet 83/8 | |||||
| Roman Wall | ||||||
| (remains of) | See Name Book of Sheet 83/12 | |||||
| Entrenchment | Mr Dryden Kennels | 46 Chains North | A triangular earth work of the | |||
| Remains of | (Remains of) | of New Beggarbog | Ancient Romans consisting of a | |||
| Entrenchment | Mr Errington Sewingshields | Rampart & Ditch; it remains are still | ||||
| (Remains of) | good; its use has been to strengthen | |||||
| Entrenchment | Mr Thompson Tow House | the Wall at this place as owing to | ||||
| (Remains of) | the nature of the ground this place | |||||
| was very weak. | ||||||
| Busy Gap | Busy Gap | Bruce’s Memoir | 43 Chains North of | A wide hollow on the line of the Roman Wall | ||
| Busy Gap | Mr Dryden | New Beggarbog | bounded on its north by Sewingshield Crags | |||
| Busy Gap | Mr Errington | & to the south by Kings Hill: From the | ||||
| circumstance of this part of the Wall being | ||||||
| weakly situated it was much exposed to | ||||||
| attacks from the Scots & Picts hence the | ||||||
| name. | ||||||
| John Stewart 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers |
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