Paul. You wrote: "Interestingly I've just noticed that both Crow Hop (St
Nicholas At Wade TR278669) and Crowhops (Hothfield TQ946429) adjoin Roman
roads, which leads me to observe that Crow Hop (Nonington TR271529)
occupies a gore of land at a junction of roads, and both Crow Hop (Bridge
TR161528) and Crowhop (Adisham TR224545) lay beside locally important
roads. Crow Hop (Charlton TR303418) and Crow Hop (Alkham TR263422) are
arguably [but very debatably] on old trackways; in both cases the location
is a steepish ascent/descent".
Don't know if you know but the presumed Roman road from Edrotalia in
Derbyshire to Brough in Yorkshire (up the former Cheshire pan-handle of the
Etherow valley in Longdendale) passes Tintwistle Knarr and a suspected
Roman fortlet at Highstones on its way to Crowden. Very steep ascent.
Different 'valley', same bird?
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