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| Knaresdale Common | See Name Book of 106A Plan 7 | |||||
| Maiden Way | Maiden Way | Mr Norman | 4 chains N of | A short way from Thornhope | ||
| ROMAN ROAD | (Roman Road) | Thornhopeburn Bridge | Burn in the Parish of Knaresdale. | |||
| (Site of) | Maiden Way | Mr Henderson | The Maiden Way is clearly traceable | |||
| (Roman Road) | Mr Norman from whom I have received | |||||
| Maiden Way | Revd John Collingwood Bruce | my information has known it for many | ||||
| (Roman Road) | years, for a short distance some of | |||||
| the boulder stones are visible; It can | ||||||
| also be distinctly traced where it crosses | ||||||
| Extracted from "The Roman Wall" by Dr J C Bruce | the hills towards the Parish of Sowerby | |||||
| "The Maiden Way is about 21 feet in width. It is made of a sort of | ||||||
| silicous Sandstone, called in the District "Hazel". Large stones are laid at the | ||||||
| edges, and generally also in the centre; the remainder is composed of flat stones. | ||||||
| Where little runners of water traverse its path, culverts have been prepared for their | ||||||
| passage, consisting of channels walled up and covered with flat stones. Through | ||||||
| many of these the water still runs freely. In several parts the road has been overgrown | ||||||
| with moss and peat to the depth of four or five feet. In carting heavy | ||||||
| machinery to the mines over | ||||||
| the Moors, advantage is taken of this road; Where it is concealed by the turf it is sought for by | ||||||
| probing, for however deep the covering, some bottom is sure to be found whereas if the vehicle | ||||||
| Small heaps of slag, both of iron and lead, are found lying near | ||||||
| Fragments of charcoal mingle with the slag of | ||||||
| both metals." | ||||||
| Thomas Jordan 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers | ||||||
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Transcribed by CC and SMH
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