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Roman Roads Research Association (UK)
- mark_undoio 1y agoIt'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.
- mr_toad 1y 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.
- CharlesXY 1y agoMan I love LiDAR, on another note we need to LiDAR the entire amazon forest bc of what is just waiting to be discovered
- countrymile 1y agoLidar 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 1y agoAnd 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 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7388646,-1.7350651,17.88z https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7388646,-1.7350651,17.88z and where my in-laws lived https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Comet+Way,+St.+Ives/@52.3396644,-0.0790439,17.78z https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Comet+Way,+St.+Ives/@52....