If the Romans had a motorway, the M25 would have been it. The 'Great Road' in Essex is believed to be one of the earliest ...

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire, according to a recent ...

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.

Ancient 150-mile UK road is 2,000 years old and still walkable from start to finish It is one of the most well-preserved Roman roads in the UK, where it runs the entire length of a country from ...

A well-preserved Roman road is among the finds uncovered by archaeologists in a city centre. The artefacts have been found in Manchester just below street level on Liverpool Road, near Castlefield ...

1933: Thieves Lane to Roman Road When Thomas Telford built what would become the A5 in the early 1800s, it was so central that he demolished part of Shrewsbury Abbey on his way through the town.

Digging up London's history: Rail project unearths medieval ice skates, Roman roads and human remains Some fascinating pieces of London’s history aren’t in museums, but underground and work on ...

While our roads barely last 50 years, some ancient paved Roman roads still survive. A metre thick, they were built on compacted soil in four layers: crushed rock, mortared crushed rock, concrete ...

While our roads barely last 50 years, some ancient paved Roman roads still survive. A metre thick, they were built on compacted soil in four layers: crushed rock, mortared crushed rock, concrete ...