[HN Gopher] Roman Roads Research Association (UK)
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       Roman Roads Research Association (UK)
        
       Author : countrymile
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2025-07-20 06:42 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.romanroads.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.romanroads.org)
        
       | mark_undoio wrote:
       | 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.
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       | I imagine some of the Roman stuff was built on even older roads
       | and channels.
        
         | mr_toad wrote:
         | > I imagine some of the Roman stuff was built on even older
         | roads and channels.
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         | 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.
        
       | CharlesXY wrote:
       | Man I love LiDAR, on another note we need to LiDAR the entire
       | amazon forest bc of what is just waiting to be discovered
        
         | countrymile wrote:
         | Lidar has been a game changer. Also, in the UK context, new
         | developments will often require archeologists to survey the
         | land before ground works can start. There are piles of
         | photographs of fields from the RAF, US air force and Luftwaffe.
         | And names of places and roads often reveal ancient origins. If
         | you meet somewhere with chester or caster in it, e.g.
         | Manchester, that suggests a Roman origin. The same for stret
         | and strat.
        
           | KineticLensman wrote:
           | And if you live on a UK housing estate or business park whose
           | road names include 'Comet', 'Lysander', 'Mosquito', etc, etc,
           | it was probably a WW2 airfield that was re-developed. E.g.
           | Where I had my first job
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           | https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7388646,-1.7350651,17.88z
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           | and where my in-laws lived
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           | https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Comet+Way,+St.+Ives/@52..
           | ..
        
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