Simple overview of Roman Roads in Britain

[Imperial Dave]

http://blog.english-heritage.org.uk/how-to-spot-a-roman-road/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=EnglishHeritage

found this and although simplistic (for the masses), is a neat little summary. Of course if you want a better guide I can recommend:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-History-Roman-Roads-Britain/dp/1848846150

Fascinating topic and has taken many an hour of my time away looking for sections

[Anton]

It is interesting and can help our understanding of things.  I have two big maps printed by the British Museum way back when, one  of Roman Britain and one of post Roman.  I must see if I can find them.

[Imperial Dave]

Hi Stephen, I can still lay my hands on an OS 'Roman' map I bought many moons ago which shows most of the main roads. There are however many many more smaller roads that are either conjectural or not recorded on 'mainstream'/accessible maps

[Anton]

Very true Dave, I have that OS one too.

[Imperial Dave]

there are other reports like this but I found this one to be particularly useful since its my geographic area and does drill down into quite a lot of detail

http://www.ggat.org.uk/cadw/cadw_reports/pdfs/GGAT%2075%20Yr3%20Roads%20final.pdf

[Anton]

It really does come alive if you know the area.

[Imperial Dave]

and in fact, it comes alive even more if you find roman roads that havent even been highlighted or are vague in the assumed location (yes I have been doing field walking and similar and have found a couple of roman road sections which have been passed onto GGAT )