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Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills is a scheduled ancient monument comprising visible remains of a Roman road in Dorset. The monument consists of two separate sections of metalled roadway that preserve evidence of Roman engineering and construction techniques, with the characteristic layered structure typical of roads built during the Roman occupation of Britain. The site's location on rising ground at Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills suggests strategic positioning within the Roman road network of the region. These road sections date to the Roman period and represent important archaeological evidence of infrastructure development and communications routes during Roman Britain.
Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018195. View the official record →
Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills is a scheduled ancient monument comprising visible remains of a Roman road in Dorset.
Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills 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 1018195.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 350m north of Naked Cross (2.2 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra (3.5 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills'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.
Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.