454 ANTIQUITIES OX THE MOORS. 



Wheeldale beck, and rising on the opposite moor ; 

 where the Egton road diverges from it to the left, 

 between Wheeldale moor and Hazlehead, passing 

 in front of the houes and along the green. After 

 crossing the green and passing through a small in- 

 closure, the road goes along the moor, where it is 

 very conspicuous, till it is again cut off by inclo- 

 sures. 



It disappears in crossing Gram beck, beyond 

 which it has turned to the right, toward July park, 

 where we find a part of it west of the houes, point- 

 ing towards an inclosure through which it had 

 passed. Between July park and Lease rigg, few 

 traces of the road are met with, but it has proceeded 

 in, that direction. On Lease rigg several portions 

 of the causeway are visible ; and here on an eleva- 

 ted part of the ridge, is a Roman camp, of a rhom- 

 boidal shape, but with the east corner rounded 

 away to suit the ground. From this camp the road 

 has descended down the ridge for a considerable dis- 

 tance, and then bent its course^in a slanting direc- 

 tion towards Grawmond bridge. Here it has cross- 

 ed the Esk and some remains of it are seen on the 

 west side of Grawmond priory. From thence it 

 has passed by Newbegin to Aislaby moor, where we 

 find some traces of it near the edge of the quarries, 

 about a mile west of Aislaby. The last portion we 

 meet with is at the place where it has been crossed 

 by the Gisborough road, above 100 yards below the 

 third mile stone. As this fragment points towards 

 Dunsley, and as the road was traced thither in time 

 of Drake, it must have led to Dunsley ; though it 

 is probable a branch of it led to Whitby. Mr. Young, 

 who traced this road, and of whose description I 

 have availed myself, observes that the breadth of the 

 road, exclusive of the gutters, one on either side 

 to keep it dry, is 16 feet. 



A stone was dug up at Peak, between Whitby 

 and Scarborough in 1774, which is supposed to 

 demonstrate the existence of a Roman fort there, 

 probably belonging to a chain of forts erected along 

 ike last to repel the incursions of the Saxons And 



