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The Roman road in Spye Park is a section of ancient route preserved within the parish of Chitterne in Wiltshire. The road dates to the Roman period and forms part of a documented communication network that served the province of Britannia. The surviving section remains visible as an earthwork feature within the landscape, demonstrating the engineering and infrastructure characteristic of Roman road construction. Such roads were fundamental to Roman military mobility, trade, and administrative control across Britain during the occupation period.
Roman road in Spye Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003010. View the official record →
The Roman road in Spye Park is a section of ancient route preserved within the parish of Chitterne in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003010.
Roman road in Spye Park 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 1003010.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nuthills Roman villa (1.3 km), Moated site and fishpond north-west of Pinhills Farm (3.7 km), Wansdyke: 460yds (420m) SE of Broads Green to 266yds (240m) NE of Paddock Farm (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman road in Spye Park's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Roman road in Spye Park stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.