What is recorded here
Castledykes, Loudoun Hill and the uncertain Irvine mark a Roman road stretching across South Lanarkshire. The route connects distant places through ordinary land, suggesting travellers, soldiers or merchants once moved along it before human memory faded. The road no longer needs recognition; it remains in the shape of the ground and the names saved above it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Peebles - Castledykes - Loudoun Hill - Irvine (?) 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.
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