This is a surviving 230m section of the Roman road running south-west from Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) toward Old Sarum (Sorviodunum), preserved as an agger on the chalk downland near Titlark Farm in north Hampshire. The road was in use from the later 1st century AD through the Roman period, forming part of the radial network that made Silchester one of the most important route hubs in southern Britain.
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The Silchester–Old Sarum road was a primary cross-country artery linking the civitas capital of the Atrebates with the territory of the Belgae and onward routes toward the south-west, carrying both administrative traffic and trade. This particular stretch is significant chiefly as a well-preserved earthwork survival, since much of the road's course elsewhere has been ploughed flat or built over.
The section survives as a visible agger with traces of side ditches, recorded by the Ordnance Survey and Hampshire's Historic Environment Record, but it has not been formally excavated and no associated finds are published from this specific length. Its alignment has been confirmed by aerial photography and field survey rather than intrusive investigation.
This is a surviving 230m section of the Roman road running south-west from Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) toward Old Sarum (Sorviodunum), preserved as an agger on the chalk downland near Titlark Farm in north Hampshire. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a site site from the Roman period in Britain.
Section of Roman road 250yds (230m) long SW of Titlark Farm is classified as a Roman site — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Roman piers and revetment in the River Itchen (6.2 km), Bitterne (Clausentum) Roman station (6.6 km), Bitterne (6.8 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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