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Section of Roman road on Gidea Park golf course is a surviving stretch of Roman road infrastructure located in Essex. The road dates to the Roman period of Britain and represents part of the network of communications that connected Romano-British settlements and administrative centres. The site is preserved beneath the golf course, where it survives as an archaeological feature in the landscape. Its designation as a nationally important monument reflects the significance of Roman roads as evidence of the organisational capacity and engineering achievement of Roman Britain.
Section of Roman road on Gidea Park golf course is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001987. View the official record →
Section of Roman road on Gidea Park golf course is a surviving stretch of Roman road infrastructure located in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001987.
Section of Roman road on Gidea Park golf course 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 1001987.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dagnam Park Farm moated site, Noak Hill, Romford (3.4 km), Medieval grange barn, 228m south-east of Upminster Court (4.6 km), Moated site at Watton Farm (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Section of Roman road on Gidea Park golf course'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.
Section of Roman road on Gidea Park golf course stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.