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Worstead Street is a Roman road forming part of the Via Devana, a major arterial route that connected Colchester in the south with the legionary fortress at Chester in the north. The road ran through Cambridge, where it formed a crucial element of the province's infrastructure during the Roman occupation of Britain, particularly from the first century AD onwards. The surviving section near Cambridge preserves evidence of Roman road construction techniques, including metalling and cambering that facilitated drainage across the landscape. As an official entry on the National Heritage List for England, the site represents an important archaeological monument demonstrating the strategic importance of Roman communication networks in provincial Britain.
Worstead Street (Via Devana) near Cambridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003263. View the official record →
Worstead Street is a Roman road forming part of the Via Devana, a major arterial route that connected Colchester in the south with the legionary fortress at Chester in the north. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003263.
Worstead Street (Via Devana) near Cambridge 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 1003263.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1080m north east of Worsted Lodge Farm, part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Charterhouse Plantation (4.6 km), Settlement NW of Little Shelford (5 km), Borough Hill: a large multivallate hillfort (5.5 km).
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