Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

Britain was not discussed as part of the Silk Roads, and the “Dark Ages” notion led to a common misunderstanding that the islands became an isolated backwater following the collapse of Roman ...

Southwark Council said the discovery provides the first physical proof that sections of the ancient route survive directly beneath the modern road A section of one of Britain’s most important ...

A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed in south-east London in a “remarkable” archaeological discovery. The 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling Street ...

Archeologists have discovered a “remarkable” section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads in southeast London. Unearthed under Old Kent Road, the 2,000-year-old road known as ...

Dr Smart said: “Despite more than 70 years of scholarship, published maps of the Roman road network in southern Britain have remained largely unchanged and all are consistent in showing that ...

Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed in south-east London in a “remarkable” archaeological discovery. The 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling Street, ran from ...