A Northumberland water company has discovered the remains of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman road, older than Britain’s historic landmark Hadrian’s Wall, which was built during the Roman Empire, during a road improvement project in the county.
Northumberland Water said crews working on the road linking Corbridge and Carlisle discovered the ancient road, built with rounded cobbles, deep beneath a 25-centimeter-thick layer of gravel in the concrete floor.
Based on the location of the cobbles and their depth, archaeologists believe that the road was an important part of the early northern Roman frontier, presumably built in 80 AD, but no evidence has been found to date its construction.
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