Talk:Military roads of Scotland

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I've started this article but am aware that there are additional roads which I have not yet covered. Perhaps someone else will get around to filling the gaps and making other improvements to the article before I do. Two significant improvements would be i) the provision of appropriate maps and ii) of suitable images, perhaps garnered from www.geograph.org.uk
cheers Geopersona (talk) 12:02, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

I've come across mention of a road from Dumbarton to Stirling, which became the route of the Balloch-Stirling railway. Anybody know any more? PatGallacher (talk) 13:38, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

I couldn't figure out how to amend the quotation (and didn't want to mess up the endnotes), but the Wordsworth poem quoted under Rest and Be Thankful has been badly mangled -- the correct version is here: https://www.bartleby.com/145/ww777.html. Underzo (talk) 19:22, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 7 July 2021

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The result of the move request was: Moved to "Military roads of Scotland." (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Calidum 21:46, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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Old military roads of Scotland → Military roads of Scotland or Scottish military roads – They might have been built in past centuries but that doesn't make them old. Many continue to be used as roads and highways. The use of old is misleading ie it's not the "old" Roman roads of Britain or the "old" Colosseum in Rome. Also with adding the adjective "old", the article title just sounds colloquial and amateurish. 194.75.10.14 (talk) 11:49, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

At some stage we'd need to agree a definite alternative. The Ordnance Survey uses "Old Military Road"[1] and that's how I think of them. But "General Wade's roads" or simply "Wade's roads" are commonly used though they are misnomers because Caulfeild built many of these roads. Thincat (talk) 13:01, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Support change to Military roads of Scotland as while old is true in terms of age, it does not necessarily mean no longer in use, in many cases, the roads are the same in terms of route, albeit resurfaced over many decades. I agree with Thincat that Wade's road would be a misnomer too. A key publication on the subject is by William Taylor (1976) and entitled 'The Military Roads in Scotland' - it does not opt for either old or Wade, therefore I think Military roads of Scotland would be a good solution. LordHarris (talk) 15:54, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Support this alternative. Good concise, unambiguous title for this fascinating article. Andrewa (talk) 15:23, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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Military Road in Northumberland

The article doesn’t mention Wade’s Military Road in Northumberland, now the B6318. It isn’t (quite) in Scotland, but it was constructed for the same purposes during the same period, so feels like a strange omission. Theknightwho (talk) 17:30, 23 July 2022 (UTC)