The full network of Roman roads
Posted on 08/12/2023 7:08:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A Roman road network that spanned Devon and Cornwall and connected significant settlements with military forts across the two counties as well as wider Britannia has been discovered for the first time.
Archaeologists at the University have used laser scans collected as part of the Environment Agency’s National LiDAR Programme to identify new sections of road west of the previously understood boundary.
Using sophisticated geographical modelling techniques, which incorporate information around gradients and flood risk, the researchers have then been able to map out the full extent of the network and begin to understand the rationale for its existence.
Among the things it reveals is that far from Exeter being the main nerve centre of the network, it was North Tawton that supported strategically vital connections with tidal estuaries north and south of Bodmin and Dartmoor...
The National LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Programme was conducted between 2016 and 2022 by the Environment Agency covering the whole of England, and the data was made available via the DEFRA Data Services Platform. It transformed the amount of terrain mapped of Devon and Cornwall, which had previously stood at just 11%. The Exeter team, working with public volunteers, and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Digital Skills for Heritage initiative, studied the scans and together, they were able to map around 100km of additional roads...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.exeter.ac.uk ...
It would be interesting if those roads bear any similarities to what has been uncovered so far on Oak Island in Nova Scotia.
Makes one wonder where this is. Writers nowadays lack a lot of writing skill.
Then you’re not interested in the content of the article.
They won’t.
I went to school with Al.
“South West” is odd. But Brits ARE odd.
Alright, but apart from the roads, what have the Romans ever done for us?
the Romans confused out “Science” with all those Latin names.
:^D
All roads lead to Rome................
How do they know they are ‘Roman’ roads?
They could have been there already when the Romans got there.
Or did they find a ROADSIGN:
Eat at Josephus and get gas................
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