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The Roman Road from Old Carlisle to Maryport, Margary 754More accurately a branch off the road from Old Carlisle to Papcastle at High Waverbridge to Maryport. Richard Bellhouse was probably the biggest protagonist for this road having several attempts at finding the route. Unfortunately the only map he produced of the (east end of the) line in 1956 turned out to be incorrect. He corrected it later in 1960 but didn't produce a new map (both his articles in C&WAAS). Margary followed the erroneous map so the description in the latter's famous book is wrong. The Lidar coverage has a big gap around Aspatria but there is sufficient data available at each end for the route to be plotted now with reasonable confidence.
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