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Rykneld Street section south of Ticknall Hill is a Roman road running through Derbyshire that formed part of the principal communications network of Roman Britain. The road dates to the Roman occupation period and connected significant settlements within the province, serving as an important route for military and commercial traffic. The surviving section preserves evidence of the Roman road's construction and alignment across the landscape south of Ticknall Hill, maintaining sufficient physical definition to be identified and studied as an archaeological feature. As a scheduled ancient monument, this stretch of Rykneld Street represents a rare survival of Roman road infrastructure in its original landscape context within Derbyshire.
Rykneld Street section of Roman road S of Ticknall Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007036. View the official record →
Rykneld Street section south of Ticknall Hill is a Roman road running through Derbyshire that formed part of the principal communications network of Roman Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007036.
Rykneld Street section of Roman road S of Ticknall Hill 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 1007036.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure (5 km), Motte south-west of Morley House Farm (5.3 km), Moated site in Mapperley Park Wood (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rykneld Street section of Roman road S of Ticknall Hill'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.
Rykneld Street section of Roman road S of Ticknall Hill stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.