The UK’s 2,000 year old road stretching 276 miles to random village | UK | News
The UK is covered in ancient places and one of them is extremely long – exactly 200 miles long. Watling Street, from Dover to London, then Northwest St. Until the village of Wroxter in Modern Shropshire through Albans, it was a vital way to trade, unity movement and communication built by the Romans. However, it was a city called Viriconium, the fourth largest of Rome Britain. History, England, says that Watling Street is “variable” throughout the length of the situation.
However, “the main elements in general, a clearly defined AGGER (raised sets created by material from side trenches, metal road surface and parallel drainage trenches with the sections of the good survive.” He says he’s not.
Historical England, “such a long part of the Roman Way to survive in such a well -preserved state is quite rare.”
Throughout the route, undoubtedly, it continues to be undisputed areas that contain important archaeological beds that can contribute to the knowledge and understanding of historians.
The previous excavation of a Watling Street in Karsby in Northamponshire revealed that the surface consists of a half meter hard gravel in large smooth stone layers up to 0.3 meters.
This stands on sandy gravel and clay.
Watling Street War
Watling Street was the place of an important war between the Roman forces and a British alliance led by Queen Boudica.
The collision, a decisive victory for the Romans, marked the end of a rebellion by indigenous British, which has largely received its rivals more than the empire’s power.
The exact location of the discussion is unknown, but historians know enough to place the Roman writer Tacitus to place it throughout the Watling Street in Midlands near Mancetter in Warwickshire, about 25 miles west of Modern Birmingham.
The dispute was fired after the death of the Iceni tribe, who left his territory to both his daughters and the Roman Emperor Nero.
However, this was ignored by the Romans who seized the region.
