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At the edge of the wooded area there is clearly a junction of old roads. The only question is, could any of them be 1800 or 1900 years old? The old maps suggest that there was a road junction at that site in the 1700s. Maps show a road angling down the hillside to a crossing of the River Nethan near where it flows into the Clyde about a half mile south of here. The other road is an entrance driveway that goes from the 1700s north-south road down to the Threepwood Farm. This picture shows the beginning of that driveway. On the left of this picture is a row of trees (beech I believe) that probably were once a field edge hedge. Before wire fencing became available in the later 1800s, dense hedges were grown around fields to contain livestock. After farmers stopped trimming the hedges, they became trees. Beyond the left edge of this picture is a knob of hill sticking out from the main hillside that has the name Lockhart's Knowe.