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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ROMAN ROAD [Watling Street] | Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] Roman Road (Watlin or Watling St. [Street] |
New Statistical Account Chalmer's Caledonia Fullarton's Gazetteer Revd. Dr. [Reverand Doctor] Gardiner James Dick, Bellshill J. Baird, Bothwellhaugh J. Craig, Brownhill J. Blackey, Orbiston J. Cross, Bellshill Park Mr. Muir, Cockhill Mr. Cross, Bent J. Watt, Rosepark J. Jack, Uddingston J. Scott, Croftbank Uddingston Archibald Clark, Clydeside Estate Map ( for Remains) |
011.02 | "About a quarter of a mile east of Bothwell Haugh, ther is a Bridge across the South Calder supposed to be of Roman construction. It is supposed to have been on the line of the great Roman Road called Watlin Street, which ran through this part of the country for several miles, on the south-east bank of the Clyde." New Statistical Account " One of the four great Roman Roads in Britain, leading to the Roman Bridge from the east (called "Watling or Watlin Street") through Dalziel Parish was in a state of considerable preservation towards the end of the last century" Fullarton's Gazetteer "There is a small Roman Post, on the bank of the River Calder, which seems to have been intended to protect the ford as the Roman Road passed the Calder at this place." Chalmer's Caledonia. The remains of the Roman Road, as stated upon the first five personal authorities quoted ( as well as the Accounts Etc.) called " Watlin or Watling Street", better known in the Parish as "Mitchell's Causey" , are plainly seen from the point where it enters Bothwell Parish on the south, or outer side of the Boundary. Trace 4. XII-9. Coming from Motherwell, in Dalziel Parish, to the "Roman Bridge Trace 6.XI- 12. The part described, which is an old Public Right of Way - seldom used on account of its rough state, has the causwayed stones remaining at every two or three yards - some of them displaced, leaving large holes inthe Road, & others still firmly fixed in the ground. They are generally about 5 or 6 inches thick & about the same in length, but not of regular form. No remains exist on the line of the Road from the west side of the Bridge to the point where it is supposed to have gone out of the Parish, over the " N. [North] Calder" in the west of Bothwell, in direction of "Calder Park", in Old Monkland Parish, but the direct line which it is understood to have taken, is well known from "Bellshill Park" |
| WATLING STREET | 011; 012 |
Continued entries/extra info
[situation extras]Plans XII-9 Trace 4
XI-12 Trace 6 (Remains)
XI-8 Traces 1. 2 . XI-3
Trace 2 & 1. and XI-2
Trace 3 (Site).
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Transcriber's notes
I have put all the description and spelling authorities under Roman Road since Roman Road and Watling Street are one and the same.The situation entries are more complex than the prepopulated ones indicate. I have included them in the extras.
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
GavinCraig
Location information for this page.
