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mark_undoio | 7 months ago

It's quite weird having local footpaths and paved roads that turn out to have been constructed by the Romans originally - around here that also applies to canals, drainage ditches, etc. It just blends into modern reality.

I imagine some of the Roman stuff was built on even older roads and channels.

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mr_toad|7 months ago

> I imagine some of the Roman stuff was built on even older roads and channels.

Watling street was paved by Romans, but at least part of the route was a road used by local Britons long before the Romans invaded.