Information for record number MWA4773:
Possible Romano British road

Summary A possible Roman road runs from Dunchurch to Princethorpe. The route of the road is reflected in the alignment of a number of modern roads.
What Is It?  
Type: Road
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Dunchurch
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 68
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Possible Roman road survives as an alignment of modern roads and tracks. The course of the road is lost to the SE of Princethorpe.
3 Possible road is shown running SE towards Dunchurch from Princethorpe, but the exact location is uncertain.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: Roman Warwickshire
Author/originator: Thorpe H
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 10 000
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date:
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Volume/Sheet: SP46NW, SP46SW
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Map of Roman Britain
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1956
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back

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