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Coatshill Quarry to Holehouse Linn Roman Road is a Roman road in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, running across terrain underlain by Early Permian sandstone, breccia and conglomerate of the Stewartry Group. The road forms part of the network of military routes that connected Roman forts and supply depots across southern Scotland during the occupation period. The local geology of mixed sedimentary deposits would have provided suitable material for road construction, with broken stone and gravel naturally available to Roman engineers building and maintaining the metalled surface.
The route between Coatshill Quarry and Holehouse Linn represents one of several Roman roads that traversed this region, facilitating movement of troops and supplies across Dumfriesshire's rolling landscape. Such roads were engineered with characteristic Roman construction methods, typically comprising cambered surfaces with drainage channels to shed water from the underlying strata.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3347, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of Roman military infrastructure and the extent of Roman influence in northern Britain.
Coatshill Quarry to Holehouse Linn, Roman Road. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3347. View the official record →
Coatshill Quarry to Holehouse Linn Roman Road is a Roman road in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, running across terrain underlain by Early Permian sandstone, breccia and conglomerate of the Stewartry Group. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3347.
Coatshill Quarry to Holehouse Linn, Roman Road. dates from the roman period, and is classified as a roman road.. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Coatshill Quarry to Holehouse Linn, Roman Road. is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3347.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Catharine's Hill, settlement 620m N of Nether Murthat (5.4 km), Stidriggs, cairn 750m SSW of (5.7 km), Plewlands, scooped settlement and farmstead 485m SW of (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Coatshill Quarry to Holehouse Linn, Roman Road.'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Coatshill Quarry to Holehouse Linn, Roman Road. stands on Stewartry Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is sandstone, breccia and conglomerate.