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Shivers on forgotten road used ahead of famous battle

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May 21, 2025

DIGGING INTO THE PAST with Dr Murray Cook

Shivers on forgotten road used ahead of famous battle

Do you remember the covid lockdown?

Fortunately, we were all spared the worst of the disease and had good internet links so we spent a lot of time exploring.

I of course read lots of books to find things to look at and scoured maps to plan routes.

One of these jaunts had me following a mention in Craig Mair’s great book about Bridge of Allan that talked about an older road grabbed when the landowner changed the boundary of his estate.

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