The gap between the plantations is on the line of a Roman Road north from Moffat to the site of a watch tower on Ericstane Hill near the Devil's Beef Tub. The road then swung NW through Beattock Summit, keeping high above the modern highways of the A74(M) and the main railway line.
Uploaded to Geograph by Jim Barton on 30 July 2011
Photo © Jim Barton, 30 July 2011. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence