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Castledykes - Bothwellhaugh - Balmuildy (?)

Roman Road (roman)

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Mud, not marble, recorded the Roman drive through Bothwellhaugh. Soldiers and merchants may have worn the clay flat beneath cart wheels, leaving no stone for later eyes to find. The road vanished because soil forgot the shape of traffic.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castledykes - Bothwellhaugh - Balmuildy (?) as Roman Road (roman). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: General location. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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