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Westerker Rig
Roman Road (Roman)(Possible)
Site Name Westerker Rig
Classification Roman Road (Roman)(Possible)
Canmore ID 67312
Site Number NY29SE 18
NGR NY 289 936
NGR Description Not Located
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67312
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Eskdalemuir
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY29SE 18 c.289 936.
A survey of probable roads up Eskdale, conducted by members of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc, has found several possible stretches, particularly the length up the end of Westerker Rig at the mouth of the Meggat Water (NY 297 911) and the headwaters of the Shiel Burn (NY 284 958).
A E Truckell 1958
Certain traces of alignments are to be seen on APs (541/A/440 F20: 3153- 4 and 541/A/526 F20: 3259-60) along Westerker Rig (name: NY 289 936), but there is no evidence that they are associated with this feature.
Information from OS Recorder (DA) 4 January 1967
No trace of a Roman road was located in the area, much of which has been afforested. Alignments on APs are mainly associated with natural features.
Visited by OS (DWR) 9 October 1973
Note (1980)
Roman Road, Bentpath to Raeburnfoot
There is no visible trace of the Roman road which is presumed to have linked the fort at Netherby (NY 396 716) with Raeburnfoot fort (NY29NE 5); it probably entered the area of survey at NY c. 315 900 and followed the River Esk as far as its junction with the Meggat Water (NY 297 911) whence it may have been carried NNW over Westerker Rig and Shiel Moss.
RCAHMS 1980
(Reid 1959, 128-31 ; OS Record Card NY 29 SE 18)
