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Kent Live on MSNThe spectacular Roman road adventure in Kent with historic towns and villages with great food and drinkYou might want to explore Richborough Roman Fort, the magnificent White Cliffs of Dover with its coastal paths and coastal ...
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Kent Live on MSNThe ancient Roman road that connected Dover to Wales that's now just 200 metres longThe ancient remains of a section of the original Watling Street were recently uncovered during roadworks in Old Kent Road ...
Archaeology & History A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Road, Trod by Emperors, Is Found Beneath London “Watling Street” once ran from Dover in the East of the country through London to the West Midlands.
The name of the road derives from the Latin ‘fossa’, meaning ‘ditch’. It's believed the road followed a defensive ditch, which ran along the western border of Roman-controlled England.
It is the modern name given to the Roman road that ran northwards from Durobrivae, near Peterborough, to Bourne and then northwest to join Ermine Street. From its starting point, ...
The road was built in the second century BC and owes its name to the Roman proconsul Gnaeus Egnatius, who oversaw its construction. It was an important trade route, one of the most important in ...
A Roman villa was the target of the search, but among the findings were, among other things, a Roman road, various buildings, and fragments of a statue of Mercury. The name of the field ‘Steinäcker’ ...
A 2,000-year-old Roman road was discovered in London during excavations of Old Kent Road. The area was being excavated in an effort to expand low carbon heating to thousands of homes in the area.
Construction in Southwark uncovered 2,000-year-old Roman Watling Street under modern road, confirmed archaeology theories, officials said.
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