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Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)

England
List entry 1003728
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003728
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.62 hectares
Grid reference
SU 06699 23365, SU 06094 23135, SU 05653 22624
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Knighton Roman road is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising a length of Roman road surface extending from Reddish Gore towards a reservoir. The road survives as a raised agger or embankment with metalled surface, characteristic of Roman highway construction in Britain. The monument represents part of the wider network of Roman roads that facilitated military and commercial movement across southern England during the Romano-British period. The preservation of the agger and its material composition provides archaeological evidence for Roman engineering practices and the strategic importance of road infrastructure in the province of Britannia.

Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003728. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)?

Knighton Roman road is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising a length of Roman road surface extending from Reddish Gore towards a reservoir.

Who is responsible for protecting Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)?

Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003728.

What other scheduled monuments are near Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrows in Salisbury Plantation (8.2 km), Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner (8.3 km), Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down (8.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Barrows in Salisbury Plantation
8.2 km
Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner
8.3 km
Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down
8.6 km
Barrows at junction of parish boundaries
8.9 km
Barrows near Dorset Cursus
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond
9.1 km
Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley Down
9.3 km
Two round barrows S of Cranborne Farm
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)

Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir) stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~7.2 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~12.2 miles
Domesday entry for chalke and Chalke, Wiltshire →
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