The map depicts those roads identified so far. Further
roads will be added in due course. Due to the scale,
the position of the roads is approximate.
The network of Roman roads is shown as these were in
use in the middle ages, for example, the Edinburgh to
Biggar road used the Roman road on the east side of
the Pentlands, Dere Street is mentioned in charters,
and the Roman road through Raeburnfoot was a via regia
that led to Annandale.
The Roman roads shown here (in red) are only those
which are generally accepted. It is highly likely that
others existed that have now been lost because of the
agricultural changes in the 18th and 19th centuries
and because of urbanisation. These missing sections
would all have been available for use in the middle
As well as the roads mentioned in the charters, the
routes to the toll points for the new burgh of Ayr are
shown as is the route from Ayr to the Solway coast.
The above is based on a map of Scotland produced by
Eric Gaba and made available on Wikimedia under a Creative
Commons licence and Commons:
GNU_Free_Documentation_License. With thanks. See
original on Wikimedia.