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Catrail
The Catrail is a linear earthwork in Roxburghshire, southern Scotland. It runs from Robert's Linn ( ), a burn (stream) flowing into the Slitrig Water, westward and north-westward to the head of the Dean Burn ( ), a tributary of the Borthwick Water. It is about long (as the crow flies), and consists of a ditch and bank. The Deil's Dyke was once considered to extend to the Catrail.
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The Catrail is a linear earthwork in Roxburghshire, southern Scotland. It runs from Robert's Linn ( ), a burn (stream) flowing into the Slitrig Water, westward and north-westward to the head of the Dean Burn ( ), a tributary of the Borthwick Water. It is about long (as the crow flies), and consists of a ditch and bank. The Deil's Dyke was once considered to extend to the Catrail.
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