A808
From Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki
| A808 | ||||
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| From: | Bearsden Cross (NS542720) | |||
| To: | Hillfoot Station (NS550722) | |||
| Length: | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | |||
| Meets: | A81, A809 | |||
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The A808 is barely half a mile long. It runs east from Bearsden Cross and the traffic light controlled junction with the A809 as Roman Road. It passes a well preserved Roman Bath House dating from between 142 AD and 165 AD on the left, before becoming Roman Drive at the junction with the B8049, for the short distance to the A81 at Hillfoot Station on Milngavie Road.
History
It appears that the name 'Roman Road' is not just the spurious invention of a Victorian developer. This road is part of the old Roman Road that serviced the forts along the Antonine Wall - the Military Way. The bath house mentioned above was part of one of these forts, with the wall itself running just a few yards further north. The Military Way appears to have kinked slightly to follow the B8049, albeit not quite on the current alignment which has been adjusted over the railway line. To the west, the unclassified road opposite the A808 at Bearsden Cross would also seem to show the old Roman alignment.
