What is recorded here

Castledykes cuts through Loudoun Hill as a Roman field boundary, marking private land or military supply rather than a public road. The nearby quarry pits suggest people took stone for tools, buildings or weapons instead of waiting for market chains. A road may have joined the line, carrying soldiers, merchants or frightened civilians across land that still remembers the weight of their wheels.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Peebles - Castledykes - Loudoun Hill - Irvine (?) as Field Boundary(s) (roman), Quarry Pit(s) (roman), Roman Road (roman). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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