What is recorded here
Castledykes near Biggar marked a Roman road, though the exact surface has vanished under centuries of grass and traffic. The name preserves a dyke or boundary line, suggesting the route cut through lived land rather than empty waste. People may have walked this line for trade, war or simple distance before written memory faded.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Biggar - Castledykes as Roman Road (roman). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
BoghallQuern (period Unassigned) · 11 yd
Boghall CastleCastle (medieval) · 85 yd
BiggarAxehead (stone)(period Unassigned) · 498 yd
Biggar, Biggar High SchoolSchool (period Unassigned), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 522 yd
Biggar, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 676 yd
Biggar Gasworks MuseumMuseum · 774 yd
Cuthbertson MemorialMemorial · 882 yd
CausewayendNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 954 yd
Hugh MacDiarmidMemorial · 981 yd
Biggar, High StreetSchool (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)(possible) · 1021 yd
Biggar and Upper Clydesdale MuseumMuseum · 1033 yd
Biggar, Edinburgh RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1453 yd