Ford north of Hazel Dean
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Description
"A beautifully engineered ford approached by zig-zag holloways from the west and east and partially paved with massive limestone slabs probably cut from quarries along the course of the Swallow Burn. The location of the ford is just above a short gorge. We do not know when it was constructed but the track crossing there is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey 6" published in 1865, and appears to connect a limestone quarry in the east to another quarry and limekiln in the west. The track is not shown on the second edition sheet (published in 1898) where the quarries and limekiln are shown as out of use. A new track on that map crosses the valley further north at a place where the water mostly flows below ground and it is this location that is now annotated 'Ford' on the modern map. Henry MacLauchlan in his Survey of the Roman Wall published in 1858 wrote: "On Errington-hill-head, about 3 furlongs north of the Wall. are the foundations of ancient buildings, called the Camps, or Nightfolds. The road which passes through these remains crosses a brook about 180 yards on the east, where a pavement, partly natural, and partly artificial, would lead to a supposition that it had been made by the Romans." There is a photo from the east side here [[7990780]]" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2025. -
Owner
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License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7990774
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
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Picture Taken: 2025-03-07 -
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