Gallery:Watling Street
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Still along the old A5, well, the original before it was bypassed, and the bypassed again. Sitting at the crossroads between Loughton and Shenley, this sign still stands, helpfully pointing the direction the capital and helpfully, giving you the distance. The man in the picture who was working on the house was slightly bemused by me taking pictures...I was tempted to say 'Don't worry Sir, I am from SABRE...', but I didn't, missed opportunity there methinks!
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Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 28, 2005 by M4Simon_-_Coppermine_-_2690.JPG)
Watling Street, where it crosses the A428, looking North.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 12, 2005 by PaulRidley_CVT_-_Coppermine_-_2686.JPG)
Looking North along Watling Street from 10 ( B ) and 10 ( C ). The footpath follows the Watling Street alignment all the way to DIRFT North. A pleasant walk, but horrendously noisy.
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Looking South down Crick Lane on the alignment of Watling Street.I would suggest that the tree stumps would have been the original hedgerow. To the left of the fence is the M1 which obliterated Crick Lane.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 12, 2005 by PaulRidley_CVT
Look, no motorways ! This area changed fairly significantly over 12 months between 1958 and 1959, but some small parts of 'Road Archeology' can still be found. The numbers signify the locations of the 2005 photo numbers.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 12, 2005 by PaulRidley_CVT
The new Watling Street is off to the left, the roman alignment follows the hedge on the right.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 12, 2005 by PaulRidley_CVT
Now unclassified, this road was once part of B5406, and A5 and Watling Street before that.
Taken from underneath A442 Queensway.
The first few yards of Watling Street leading away towards Canterbury from Richborough Roman fort: the first stretch of Roman road constructed in Britain, now little more than a cart track.
OP Simon{A6(M)}
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 06, 2005 by M4Simon
The narrow Watling Street is one of the few roads in the City of London not to have been widened after the Great fire of London and has kept its medieval width.
