Peebles - Castledykes - Loudoun Hill - Irvine (?)
Roman Road (Roman)
Site Name Peebles - Castledykes - Loudoun Hill - Irvine (?)
Classification Roman Road (Roman)
Canmore ID 71585
Site Number NS53NW 39
NGR NS
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/71585
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Loudoun
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
NS53NW 39 Unlocated. RR 6.
Formerly RR 79b.
'West of Loudoun Hill (NS 605 371) cultivation appears to have destroyed all traces of the road, but the general course of the turnpike, at least as far as Newmilns (NS 5337), is consistent with a Roman design.' (St Joseph) 'There can be little doubt that (the road) followed the River Irvine to its mouth, where there must surely have been a fort and harbour.' (Maxwell)
J K St Joseph 1952; G S Maxwell 1989.
