In Drovers' Boots

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Littlestone wrote:
...any correlation between ancient drovers' routes and the presence (if any) of nearby stone circles.
Fontburn in Northumberland is smack bang on one I think. But It's more of a weird kind of cairn than a proper circle. However, just to tickle one of your cherished theories, there is an unexcavated hengiform enclosure on the other side of the steam there, and another a couple of miles south.

According to The Denham Tracts, cattle on the Nbland sections of the cross border drove roads were driven twixt two bonfires ( on either equinoxes, solstices or both, I can't recall) up until the back end of the 18thC.

According to The Denham Tracts, cattle on the Nbland sections of the cross border drove roads were driven twixt two bonfires (on either equinoxes, solstices or both, I can't recall) up until the back end of the 18thC.
Was it FourWinds who mentioned yonks ago on a different thread about livestock being driven between two bonfires - what's going on there then?