Ribchester to Lancaster Roman Road

[@caahacky]

Thanks David, an amazing update.

[@davidratledge3530]

Thanks for kind comment - much appreciated.

[@pj4990]

Remarkably well-preserved agger, never seen such a long continuous stretch on lidar!

[@davidratledge3530]

The puzzle is how we all missed it before Lidar. I looked for 45 years in the wrong place!!!!

[@CenturionPrimipilus]

Is it the Lidar system best or there is some ather methods. In Bulgaria we try to find part of Via Diagonalis.

[@davidratledge3530]

@@CenturionPrimipilus I believe Lidar is the best - it can show the road agger when it survives only centimetres high. If you don't have Lidar then aerial photos can work well especially if the images were taken when the ground was very dry so the road ditches can show up as darker parallel lines. Good luck!

[@CenturionPrimipilus]

@@davidratledge3530 Thank you for your answer! In my case, there is no visibility, it's covered with grass and soil. What we have is a map but not with exact contours.

[@davidratledge3530]

@@CenturionPrimipilus I spent 45 years looking for roads like that! Winter is best when the undergrowth dies down. The key is width - it is narrow it is not Roman.

[@simonmcowan6874]

Amazing, don't know how you do it, but stunning, there are a few shorter roads not far from Aberystwyth, perhaps you could look at them sometime. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@davidratledge3530]

Glad you enjoyed it. Aberyswyth is a bit out of my area - Sarn Helen I guess.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting. Covered some of this in 2 vlogs: Finding Roman Roads and A Roman Turnpike Mystery.

[@davidratledge3530]

Thanks for your comment. Watched your 2 videos - like the Brexit comment - who says history doesn't repeat itself. But..... I was wrong with the "swell" - we dug behind it and found nothing. The excavation I show at Cabus was to its east. The milestone at Cabus Tollbar was listed as a turnpike gatepost but it was only when I found the road did the penny drop.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@davidratledge3530 thanks David. Your work has been a major inspiration for my vlogs and I really enjoy visiting the sites on the ground. Would love to have you as a subscriber, if I can make so bold. You might find the Doorstep Roman Archaeology and Discovered! Roman Bridge Abutment vlogs interesting too - they are both on M7C.

[@davidratledge3530]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Have done and will do.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@davidratledge3530 thank you - that’s very much appreciated. Please feel free to correct any of my - probably many - mistakes. Interesting about the swell at Cabus. Does that mean the short stretch of road running up to the cross/T-junction, is not on the Roman line?