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 ...

A stretch of one of the most significant roads in Roman-era Britain has been unearthed underneath the asphalt of the Old Kent Road in southeast London. The ancient road, known as Watling Street ...

A very well-preserved section of Watling Street, one of Britain’s most significant and famous Roman roads, has been discovered in south-east London, in what archaeologists have described as a ...

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Known as Watling Street, the near 2,000-year-old road ran from the Roman port at Dover through London to the West Midlands. Archaeological work has been taking place as part of the expansion of ...

While digging under Old Kent Road, workers uncovered a “well-preserved” chunk of Roman Watling Street, officials said. Photos show the “amazing” 2,000-year-old road. An archaeologist ...

Archaeologists have uncovered part of the ancient Roman road known as Watling Street beneath modern London's Old Kent Road. Watling Street was paved by the Romans in 43 AD and ran 276 miles (444km ...

OKR is long and reasonably straight, just as a good Roman road ought to be. It would come to be known as Watling Street in Anglo-Saxon times — a name still in use over some sections farther north.

Beneath the ever-present hum of the A5 and just a stone’s throw from Rugby lies a hidden chapter of Britain’s Roman past – ...

It is part of an important 2,000-year-old road known as Roman Watling Street, built shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. Roman Watling Street ran from the Roman port at Dover ...

Unearthed under Old Kent Road, the 2,000-year-old road known as Roman Watling Street ran from Dover through London to the West Midlands, connecting Britain with the wider Roman world. The road was ...