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Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery is a Romano-British road monument located in Dorset, England. The site preserves surviving sections of a Roman road that formed part of the provincial road network during the Roman occupation of Britain, likely dating to the first to fourth centuries AD. The road remains visible as a linear earthwork feature within the landscape, retaining characteristics typical of Roman road construction including its raised formation and defined course through the coppice woodland. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important survival of Romano-British infrastructure and contributes to understanding the pattern of Roman communications and settlement in the region.
Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002420. View the official record →
Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery is a Romano-British road monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002420.
Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery 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 1002420.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of the medieval manor house and associated buildings of Kingston Lacy (8 km), A bell barrow and a bowl barrow at St Michael's Middle School 60m west of the school buildings (9 km), Bowl barrow 550m north east of Field Dairy Farm (9.5 km).
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