A FASCINATING map reveals the ancient Roman roads Britons still use every day ... A Roman force of 40,000 led by Aulus Plautius landed in Kent and took the south east in 43 AD.

Construction workers uncovered a well-preserved section of the 2,000-year-old Roman Watling Street beneath Old Kent Road in Southwark, London. The discovery was made during early works by ...

Map showing the find site (green dot) and presumed straight course of Roman road, matching the modern Old Kent Road. The modern road kinks after Commercial Way, and this is perhaps where the old ...

The 2,000-year-old road was found beneath the Old Kent Road in the city’s southeast ... this discovery “has redrawn the Roman road map for Southwark and informs on Roman construction ...

The project to introduce low-carbon heating to 3,000 homes on the Old Kent Road is hoped to reduce ... said the discovery “has redrawn the Roman road map for Southwark and informs on Roman ...

Southwark Council said the discovery provides the first physical proof that sections of the ancient route survive directly beneath the modern road ... Roman roads has been unearthed under Old Kent ...

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During excavations amid the early stages of expanding low carbon heating to thousands of homes along Old Kent Road in London, archaeologists found physical evidence of an ancient Roman road.

A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed under Old Kent Road in south-east London. Known as Watling Street, the near 2,000-year-old road ran from the Roman ...

“The discovery of an intact section of Roman Wating Street directly under the current Old Kent Road has redrawn the Roman road map for Southwark and informs on Roman construction techniques generally, ...

Archaeologists have discovered a section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads directly beneath the Old Kent Road. It is part of an important 2,000-year-old road known as Roman Watling ...