The ONLY way to find a ROMAN ROAD

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Paul Whitewick

Paul Whitewick

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@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
I think you'll love Tom's channel. Go subscribe: youtube.com/@allotmentfox?si=zzhJVR0wBv3W4tuN
@ColinH1973
@ColinH1973 Күн бұрын
Compulsive Sunday evening viewing. Thanks, Paul!
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Thanks Colin
@andrewduke1489
@andrewduke1489 Күн бұрын
Sunday breakfast for me, way out west.
@zGJungle
@zGJungle Күн бұрын
This is a fantastic episode, combines so many things that I love, old maps, old language, cross referencing, stumbing around in ditches and bushes looking for clues and trying to come up with ideas to explain things.
@IanDDalton
@IanDDalton Күн бұрын
Loved this video, I think your idea about mapping Roman roads is really interesting, just from the personal research I have done, I have found that some of these lost roads, sometimes also follow older routes, that may have been used prehistorically along with the more famous known routes like the Ridgeway, and if you also take into account the prehistoric long barrows, henges and hillforts its intriguing the network of routes you see unfolding. Although due to mobility issues I can't get out as much on the ground, as I used to, I would be really interested in helping where I can with your project!. I was the Ian Duncan (not my name), on Tom's latest video who suggested Cold Kitchen hill to investigate, so it was great to hear his views. This area to me is one that deserves some investigation as I am sure this maybe a tributary of the Ridgeway. I think another interesting question, is which came first the Roman road or the Holloway, in some of my walks hollow ways can be found very near hill forts, so some of those hollow ways maybe a lot older than we realise and even predate the Romans.
@paulberen
@paulberen Күн бұрын
A classic vid, this one, for inspiration, they always are, but this one includes the issue of channeling inspiration to look closer into an active working compilation of the Roman Roads that aren't just the most visible straight, military roads.. Holloways, by the nature of how the 'hollow' part was created, for certain must have existed well before Roman times - Though there are some that are on level ground, the Holloways on slopes look like they were created by water flowing down along them, thus digging out the ditch effect of a Holloway. So wherever there was a specific route up and down hills, is a possible Holloway, and there were routes enough before Roman times, so Holloways included. It looks like Roman Roads on slopes have their drainage ditches close to the roadway, so there is no undermining of the agger, where water would be running close alongside of it, drained away by purpose-built ditches instead. There's also probably no doubt that for the Roman side roads, or 'B' roads, there were those that the Romans followed earlier existing route-ways.
@randomvintagefilm273
@randomvintagefilm273 18 сағат бұрын
Thank you for recommending the ALLOTMENT FOX channel. It is awesome ❤❤❤
@allanchurm
@allanchurm Күн бұрын
you mentioned clay used for the roman roads ...the potters used to dig out the clay to make pots... clay that was part of the roman roads..leaving a hole behind which people and carts fell into.hence the name POT HOLES in the road
@theoztreecrasher2647
@theoztreecrasher2647 Күн бұрын
I thought was from the more modern connotation of the Alternative Agriculturists removing the road structure to use it (inverted) in their indoor hydroponics set-ups? 🤔😱😈
@denisripley8699
@denisripley8699 Күн бұрын
Hmm.. doubtful. early 19th century: from Middle English pot ‘pit’ (perhaps of Scandinavian origin) + hole. Middle English pot "a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging" (late 14c.)
@Hairnicks
@Hairnicks Күн бұрын
Love it, you and Tom bring history to life while keeping us thinking.
@lbrist7594
@lbrist7594 Күн бұрын
Fascinating stuff. Immediately subscribed to Allotment Fox. I love the idea of throwing the call out to see if others can help further uncover these routes. I'll keep an eye on your channel to see if I can play a role in the plan.
@robgrabowski2572
@robgrabowski2572 Күн бұрын
I've been thinking about a comprehensive Roman Road map for a long time, but I really have no idea how to do it. I think crowdsourcing information is a very good idea, there are loads of local historians/amateur antiquarians around the country who are best placed to know about their local area. I've been really enjoying the many recent collaborations between the KZbin Antiquarian community, maybe this project could be a collective effort? My area of interest lies in the Bath, Somerset and former Avon area, if I can help, I certainly will!
@llywrch7116
@llywrch7116 Күн бұрын
Start with the Ordinance Survey maps. They comprise a fairly complete data base to start with.
@llywrch7116
@llywrch7116 Күн бұрын
By OS maps, I meant their historical series. I purchased 3 of the series back in 1984: _Roman Britain_, _Britain in the Dark Ages_, Britain before the Norman Conquest_. I expect updated versions have been published since then.
@robgrabowski2572
@robgrabowski2572 Күн бұрын
@@llywrch7116 I know how to find them, I meant I don't know the first thing about setting up an online map database. My computer literacy is almost non existent 😅
@llywrch7116
@llywrch7116 Күн бұрын
@@robgrabowski2572 Sorry, I misunderstood your statement. Have a look at GIS methods & technology -- unless you've already passed that step.
@cannotbeleftblank6027
@cannotbeleftblank6027 Күн бұрын
@@robgrabowski2572 Try contacting OpenStreetMap; they have one of the best online maps ever which is constantly updated. Now it is true that they mostly deal with the current state of the surface but there is some historical data in their database as well. For example, there used to be an old railway close to where I live in the Netherlands. It's not in their online web map, but I was surprised to find a reference to the line in their offline map program for mobile phone (OsmAnd) and when I used their map editor (a desktop program) to download that part of the map the reference was indeed there. So I guess it depends on the 'view' if you see such data, I wouldn't be surprised if there is an 'archeological' view.
@ianhalsall-fox
@ianhalsall-fox Күн бұрын
We think that they might have discovered the Fosseway through the centre of Bath under a demolished Homebase site!
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Oh!!!
@robgrabowski2572
@robgrabowski2572 Күн бұрын
There appear to have been multiple early routes of the Fosseway through Bath, as the river around the old Homebase/Stothert&Pitt/Gasworks area changed its course during the Roman period. Back in the 80s, a local geologist was involved in a series of drillings along the river front, and discovered traces of the old river bed.
@BeinCoyInPlaces
@BeinCoyInPlaces Күн бұрын
Excellent stuff! Just makes me want to go back out walking again - Ashley or no Ashley!
@shirleylynch7529
@shirleylynch7529 Күн бұрын
Fascinating. So very interesting. Both you and Tom speak with such great passion. Most enjoyable. Thank you
@jrkorman
@jrkorman Күн бұрын
Since I'm here in the 'States your videos seem to come up right as I'm finishing up my morning coffee. Granted that those branches of my family from England left that land, nearing 400 years ago, for the Virginia Colony, I find these discoveries fascinating and quite enjoyable.
@michaelfoy
@michaelfoy Күн бұрын
This make's our Sundays complete! Thankyou Paul, Excellent presentation AS ususl.......
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Very welcome
@PhilipMurphy8
@PhilipMurphy8 Күн бұрын
Wonderful content, a lot better then what most of what BBC and ITV put out these days
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Thank you.
@SCOTTBULGRIN
@SCOTTBULGRIN 16 сағат бұрын
Brilliant, just brilliant. I think mapping all the Roman road branches would be incredibly helpful in a historical sense.
@malcolmrichardson3881
@malcolmrichardson3881 Күн бұрын
Very interesting video. There must be many branches leading to/from each of the major Roman roads. Mapping them sounds a great - though formidable - project.
@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302
@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302 22 сағат бұрын
02:10 Via the LiDAR you can clearly see a massive complex (looks Roman to me) off-centre from the middle, sitting mainly in the SE quadrant. The complex covers approximately one sixteenth (1/16th) of the entire screen, to give scale.
@yannmaenden7236
@yannmaenden7236 Күн бұрын
There were, of course, lots of roads in Britain before the Romans arrived. They may simply have improved bits of the existing road. So you would get improved bits that look Roman at either end of a Celtic trackway.
@sarumano884
@sarumano884 Күн бұрын
The first thought I had about Margery44 was that perhaps this is a "military" road that for some reason was never completed. The constructors marked off the route, then started the road agger at Cunetio and Sorbiodunum, then, for whatever reason, stopped. So you have the equivalent of an unmetalled track for the rest- just cleared of trees and bushes, and the boggy bits filled in. Maybe. My second thought follows on from Tom's Anglo Saxon tracts. Down at Seaton (Devon) there is a "Harepath Road". The moment I heard this (Years ago!) I thought Saxon 'Army Road' or 'Heer Pad'. (I can't find a Saxon 'th' on my keyboard.) May be of use?
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
I do really feel that could be the answer. The ditches normally marked the boundary and we have no evidence of them either. So yup... perhaps planned but only part complete
@AllotmentFox
@AllotmentFox Күн бұрын
Use the Icelandic keyboard and you get ð,æ, þ. You also get really useful •.
@SeanGunn-if8ik
@SeanGunn-if8ik Күн бұрын
This is exactly what I need on a Sunday evening. Happy days!
@smallsleepyrascalcat
@smallsleepyrascalcat Күн бұрын
beorg... seems to be related to the German Berg (mountain). Very interesting topic here and a fascinating new way to find Roman roads through the Anglo-Saxons. ^^
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
You're helping right.... 🤗
@smallsleepyrascalcat
@smallsleepyrascalcat Күн бұрын
@@pwhitewick I don't know how, but I'll try
@llywrch7116
@llywrch7116 Күн бұрын
Hmm. Two similar AS words are in play here, that can be confused: according to my copy of Henry Sweet's _Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon_, there is "beorg" meaning "hill, mountain; heap of stones", & burg/bur(u)h (pl. byrig/burga) meaning "fortified place; (fortified) town". Modern berg (which I think is a modern loanword from German) vs. burg.
@jamescobban857
@jamescobban857 Күн бұрын
@@llywrch7116 As pointed put in the video in Old English the letter g was palatalized. That is the tongue was raised towards the roof of the mouth. That means it sounds like a y. The spelling with g was retained because there was still significant understandability with Old Dutch, Flemish, and Frankish, where g was still pronounced as a voiced velar stop or fricative. This is why in English and its relative Frisian we say "day" where all other Germanic languages say "dag" or "tag". That is why you sometimes get -bury in place names.
@AllotmentFox
@AllotmentFox Күн бұрын
Yes it does. But take it forward a couple of hundred years and you have ‘bearyuh’, ‘burruh’ and then ‘barruh’ (barrow). No German needed, English through and through.
@davidberlanny3308
@davidberlanny3308 Күн бұрын
Hi Paul, we know it's going to be good when the first thing you do is disappear into a hedge!! I'm amazed that these charters still exist and can be used in this way, fascinating...... I'm off to the allotment!! Have a great week
@GS-lu2zu
@GS-lu2zu Күн бұрын
12:38 Not what I was expecting to see in the countryside 😂 However, many thanks for introducing Allotment Fox to us all, he's got another new subscriber.
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Ah yes. Salisbury plain. You're never far from one these days.
@miclewis55
@miclewis55 Күн бұрын
Bladder control not part of Army training nowadays … Last winters high winds scattered them like skittles all over the place 😁
@silverlaptop2022
@silverlaptop2022 Күн бұрын
🇺🇸Tacoma Washington state West coast U.S.A. Here. The only reason I'm watching this, is because I watched the movie, Roman Road, with Alan Davis. Fun movie, but I wanted to know more.😊
@jerrygale1994
@jerrygale1994 Күн бұрын
Another fascinating video. Thank you both. Awesome collaboration
@totoro123
@totoro123 Күн бұрын
What an exciting project. Alas, I don’t think I have expertise or time that would be useful to you, but I truly hope you can achieve this. What a way to leave a legacy!
@curquhart100
@curquhart100 12 сағат бұрын
I will fly to the UK for months just to do this. What an intensely cool and exciting thing to do. I can put my archaeology degree, long dusty yet treasured, to practical use. You need to arrange like a formal project and then manage a programme and then set it out. You'll get at least one Canadian and I'll venture a scrappy lot more. Volunteers will flock like very odd geese, er, flocking.
@Bender24k
@Bender24k Күн бұрын
I enjoy your content so very much, thanks. I never even heard of a Roman Road before your channel - now you are mapping lost history. Outstanding.
@peterweeks2066
@peterweeks2066 Күн бұрын
It's a shame then that most Anglo Saxon charters were lost with the dissolution of the monasteries. Where I am in Worcestershire we're quite lucky because Worcester monastery library continued to a large extent as Worcester cathedral library.
@biffwhipffster5551
@biffwhipffster5551 Күн бұрын
This is fantatsic! I live in East Kent. The main Roman port into Britain was at Portus Ritupis, (modern day Richborough), it had a huge triumphal arch there to make a statement to visitors and leavers alike! A short part of the route is traceable here! At the other end was Durovernum Cantiacorum, (modern Canterbury), again with a traceable Roman route at the start that's still in use today. In the middle is nothing! There must be around a dozen different routes on record, none proven. Routes have been suggested by 18thC Antiquarians through to 20thC Archeologists. Fieldwalking has found very little, but various tantalising finds, albeit unable to be connected up logically. I think(!) I've traced a likely route that hasn't been suggested before, (albeit it uses parts where clues have previously been found). It aligns with farmsteads and hamlets that all have 'Stone' or 'Sten' in the names, (perhaps notable as there's no natural stone outcrops in the area), and also runs along hedgelines, (some that appear out of place in the landscape) and obviously lengths of various parts of footpaths and roads. I'm going to dig around for the old Anglo Saxon boundaries!! I want to solve the puzzle!! n.b. The route cannot be a straight one, owing to the marshy topography of the area that cuts across the known start and end locations of the Roman Road. Indeed, one of the only clues in the landscape of the likley route is an agger branching off at 40 degrees from a straight agger that defines a 'Roman Road' that can be found in a wood near Littlebourne, to the East of Canterbury. n.b. I also wonder if, going out on a limb here, perhaps some of the confusion and disagreement between those who've tried to trace the route in the past is bacuase a One Way system operated! Who knows? What was the volume of road traffic like?
@davie941
@davie941 Күн бұрын
thank you again Paul, such a Beautiful place to look for a road , 😊
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Savernake is amazing. Can't spend enough time there
@CocoaWitch
@CocoaWitch Күн бұрын
Just made a brew, perfect
@crazycressy7986
@crazycressy7986 Күн бұрын
I marked down where i found roman pottery and finds on my permission ,it went right across a field, i told my FLO that i reckon it was a roman road or trackway ,when they did some geographics on the fields where we I found the Roman hoard ,low and behold a roman causeway appeared and ditching each side
@markvogel5872
@markvogel5872 Күн бұрын
Today I learned that towns ending in chester were of Roman origin!
@CharlesStearman
@CharlesStearman 13 сағат бұрын
English placenames ending in chester, caster and cester all come from the Latin castrum meaning a military camp.
@bobsrailrelics
@bobsrailrelics Күн бұрын
This level of detail is incredible. I would just see a lump of earth 😂
@DIRTBROSDETECTING
@DIRTBROSDETECTING 19 сағат бұрын
Very interesting video, I’m heading straight off to search the Anglo Saxon charters of my area and piece together where I think the Roman roads are and will probably be completely wrong, thanks for sharing😊
@madmoo8836
@madmoo8836 Күн бұрын
really hope you get to do the mapping. im pretty sure there is some undiscovered roman roads near stevenage that linked to ermine street
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Stevenage has a maze of routes!
@MichaelCampin
@MichaelCampin Күн бұрын
Nice to see you again Paul, now I know its Sunday
@Flashy7
@Flashy7 13 сағат бұрын
"this Roman road is my problem" - well, I've seen enough of your videos to know that you have much more. Roman roads I mean. Also problems. :D
@mikedjames
@mikedjames 12 сағат бұрын
Its a brilliant idea to follow on from Margary's maps. Make sure that the data that is gathered has revision control so that edits can be proposed, approved and merged with a master copy. Like any open sourced software project.
@hedleythorne
@hedleythorne Күн бұрын
Tom never fails to amaze and intrigue.
@jonathonbrett-qn1ic
@jonathonbrett-qn1ic Күн бұрын
Wonderful thank you
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Thank you
@Pianoguy32
@Pianoguy32 Күн бұрын
Just looking at google maps while watching. For this one, I think the route that follows Old Marlborough Road, through Salisbury plan could be a contender. It runs through several of the charters mentioned, from Salisbury, Amesbury, Bulford Camp, to Everleigh and beyond? Perhaps, that with the chalk so close to the surface, the Romans might not have needed to build up the road as in other places? Totally agree though on putting together a roman road map, perhaps something to combine all the roman sites known as well, as there seems to be various maps with different places marked.
@stuartbridger5177
@stuartbridger5177 22 сағат бұрын
Excellent video, one of the best yet.
@Dave5843-d9m
@Dave5843-d9m 22 сағат бұрын
Junctions of old roads, are often not a neat X roads. It’s highly likely Roman roads were the same. They meet and cross another Via but at not at the same point. Paul’s North-South route probably takes a “dog leg” kink via* T junctions at adjoining roads. * There we go it’s still in use.
@paulinehedges5088
@paulinehedges5088 Күн бұрын
My Sunday evenings just get better! Thst was really interesting and the photography was good too. I will definitely look at Tom's channel as well. Thank you as always. 😊😊😊
@myriaddsystems
@myriaddsystems 8 сағат бұрын
Love the cows just wandering around
@davidratledge3530
@davidratledge3530 12 сағат бұрын
Paul, Margary44 - had a quick look at the Lidar and it seems followable all the way. Coming down from Savernake Forest it appears to connect to Old Marlborough Road. It is not dead straight and adapts more to the contours but you would expect that. It was a quick look but I am reasonably confident.
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick 11 сағат бұрын
I'd love to see D.Ratledge lidar video on this. There are a few really obvious routes as you suggest, but I've struggle to see any Agger outside of Savernake. Your Lidar always tends to see more than mine! Would love to see your interpretation
@davidratledge3530
@davidratledge3530 10 сағат бұрын
@@pwhitewick I don't think I have your email. If you let me have I will forward on my routemap.
@robertdonaldson6584
@robertdonaldson6584 Күн бұрын
I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate" on my Strad.
@stevecarter8810
@stevecarter8810 Күн бұрын
Tom is hilarious, with his No, but... energy
@leopard36cat
@leopard36cat Күн бұрын
Excellent show, Thanks.
@jakegarvin7634
@jakegarvin7634 Күн бұрын
Tragic really, I wanted nothing more than to imbibe your impeccable content Paul. Sadly, I'm born and raised in North America. So now that I've seen "Big Belly Oak" labelled on your map, I can't think about anything else. Why is it named that? Who named it? Does it really have a big belly, or is everyone there just mean? These are the questions I now need answered. GOD DAMNIT THE PEOPLE DESERVE ANSWERS
@AndyJarman
@AndyJarman Күн бұрын
You'll just have to pay it a visit won't you!
@Dennisthemenacecapsules
@Dennisthemenacecapsules 10 сағат бұрын
When they worked on strengthening the foundations on Bath Abbey a few years ago, the workmen uncovered a perfect ancient mosaic floor at 8 meters. Archaeologists said cover it over with sand and concrete and work the foundations higher at 6 meters. Madness really. To get planning for the digging of footings anywhere in Bath is a developers nightmare. But thats where i would begin mapping old roads in southern England. Bath. I wouldnt even say Roman roads either, you didnt have to be Roman to build a straight road. That would be just pigeonholing ourselves to a historical opinion which is at best, uncertain. Sometimes it better to throw everything out the window and start again.
@peteregan3862
@peteregan3862 Күн бұрын
Yes. A great way to find roads, map other roads that may intersect. Could a roman road have been striped of its aggar to build what we would call a branch road. Were all roads completed. Did some just fizzle out to a muddy track to changed priorities.
@LordoftheBadgers
@LordoftheBadgers 20 сағат бұрын
Something like railmaponline... Nice idea!
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick 19 сағат бұрын
That's the one
@LordoftheBadgers
@LordoftheBadgers 18 сағат бұрын
@@pwhitewick awesomeness! I also want an app for that, the old maps, and now roman roads / tributeries Ps I was at a mates house in Somerset and they've bought land where the Grand Western Canal went thru... Complete with remains of one of the boat lifts :)
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick 18 сағат бұрын
@@LordoftheBadgers oooh thats cool. Which one. There aren't that many surviving!
@LordoftheBadgers
@LordoftheBadgers 18 сағат бұрын
@@pwhitewick it's by Bradford on tone. Its on private land but I know them so it's cool if you wanted access
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick 18 сағат бұрын
@@LordoftheBadgers Trefusis Farm? WOW.... yes please.
@jointgib
@jointgib Күн бұрын
love a collaboration ep
@thoughtful_detectorist
@thoughtful_detectorist Күн бұрын
I was going to ask you if you’d consider doing a map! I’d love to walk some of the routes. ❤
@Jimyjames73
@Jimyjames73 Күн бұрын
Hiya Paul - @ 1:21 - I like the sign which say "The Cows have been Mooooved on"!!! lol 😄😄Also you keep on saying the word / name "Straet" which sounds very similar to my surname "Streater" 😉😮🚂🚂🚂
@philiptaylor7902
@philiptaylor7902 15 сағат бұрын
Great video, Paul - defo will check out Allotment Fox.
@a11oge
@a11oge 15 сағат бұрын
Powerfull video Paul - go for it.
@ianmartin877
@ianmartin877 Күн бұрын
Lovely video mate keep up the great work
@leonardjackman354
@leonardjackman354 Күн бұрын
Thank you Paul very interesting video again . Going to subscribe to your friends channel allotment fox.
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@andrewlamb8055
@andrewlamb8055 21 сағат бұрын
Terrific Paul … would like to help but I am in Perth WA ! Great video …. Love the content ⚔️⚔️👏👀😎
@danbroome8772
@danbroome8772 Күн бұрын
Like 👍 Tom Already 😂👍
@Fozz84
@Fozz84 15 сағат бұрын
Id love to find out more about roman roads south of Exeter (Isca). This could be a useful technique. Goodrington has roman burials, but no roman road leading to it. (That i can find)
@ThisWontEndWell
@ThisWontEndWell Күн бұрын
The branches that leads off a Roman road must lead to resources or infrastructure the Romans were dependent upon for them to invest in building it and that they repaired it must have made it important. That branch could lead to Roman villa's or even a fort or temple.
@paul.Darling
@paul.Darling Күн бұрын
once again thank you, yet another great video!! ( why could our Saxon forefathers not use "English" like wot we does 😀😀😀😀😀😀 )Once again thank you for one of the best You-tube channels out there.
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@thomasdieckmann5711
@thomasdieckmann5711 Күн бұрын
Wonderful episode - interesting to see the in the old English names lots of relations to German language
@cerealport2726
@cerealport2726 Күн бұрын
an agger, not to be confused with an aga range, I guess...
@StephenDavenport-zqz2ub
@StephenDavenport-zqz2ub Күн бұрын
Roads need to cross rivers and streams. Are there any remains of Roman bridges in your area, or have they all been long washed away over time? Another interesting video.
@paulberen
@paulberen Күн бұрын
When the Danish Nordic Normans of Normandy famously conquested England in 1066, and followed the west coast, and main towns, and got to a river crossing with the remains of a Roman bridge; they called it Broken Bridge, or having settled in Normandy for 200 years or so, they spoke French, and so Pontefract - 'fractured' / broken bridge (ponte). There are also the zig zags of Roman Road remains, where they descend and rise to cross Rivers, with some Roman Bridge footings visible. Remains of bridges guessed to be rare, because the Romans built their bridges with wood, and River courses that have changed have washed away remains.
@StephenDavenport-zqz2ub
@StephenDavenport-zqz2ub 14 сағат бұрын
@@paulberen It shows what a loss the fall of Rome was. The Dark Ages is in my view a description of the period after the fall of Rome that is very appropriate. Thank you.
@Blade_Daddy
@Blade_Daddy Күн бұрын
Great info.
@waynekerrgoodstyle
@waynekerrgoodstyle Күн бұрын
Sooo, The next time you go on about the "Bloody Romans" Don't forget you're one of them! 😛
@qsmdman
@qsmdman Күн бұрын
Thanks!
@SophiaLepkowski
@SophiaLepkowski Күн бұрын
Your videos are always uplifting. Thank you for your hard work and creativity!🚦🚎🖥
@AndrewJohnson-ur3lw
@AndrewJohnson-ur3lw Күн бұрын
If you are finding branches it then asks where do they go? Is it to some long lost villa?
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
We discussed the possibility of Shrewton. But I've not clue how old that is and it's Roman context. It goes that way though.
@rusty8992
@rusty8992 22 сағат бұрын
I'm an Aussie in Brisbane and even I want to get involved! Cheers :)
@PaulTomblin
@PaulTomblin Күн бұрын
You might want to consider putting your mapping project on Open Street Map.
@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095
@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 Күн бұрын
09:42 I _love_ that clump of trees! {:o:O:}
@davetaylor4741
@davetaylor4741 21 минут бұрын
Good luck. Hope you can do it.
@henchy3rd
@henchy3rd Күн бұрын
You have a problem.. there’s a cream for that😁
@Hasdac
@Hasdac Күн бұрын
Has an Anglo Saxon i want my country back.
@paulberen
@paulberen Күн бұрын
(Angles and Saxon's countries are now in Germany, originally Duchys like Saxe Coburg & Gotha, now Bavaria, Germany)?
@chrisdornerwasright
@chrisdornerwasright Күн бұрын
@2:20 it looks like a ...something, visible in the tree canopy.
@hayfin_1
@hayfin_1 Күн бұрын
did you go down portway in old sarum and try from there? looks like portway which is a roman road could lead to savernake
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Portway goes up via Andover to Silchester
@hayfin_1
@hayfin_1 Күн бұрын
@@pwhitewick ok
@eamonnmc1
@eamonnmc1 Күн бұрын
I Like What You do, Great stuff!!
@gibjamie
@gibjamie Күн бұрын
Excellent stuff
@robertgross1655
@robertgross1655 17 сағат бұрын
🎩Hi. I don’t know or a Roman road, but I do know of a very old green lane. There is a junction of them in a wood with a watering hole for animals.
@mcraw4d
@mcraw4d Күн бұрын
I could google but then there’s no comment for the algorithm 😉 You mention 22-25 miles vs. kilometers, did Romans use miles as a UOM?
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Yup. The Roman Mile. 1680 yards
@paulberen
@paulberen Күн бұрын
@@pwhitewick ..An English Mile now 1,760 Yards - And the Romans by one account built forts or camps every 10 Roman Miles along their Military Roads, as the distance soldiers could march to their next stop for a rest. By this account there are a lot of missing forts and camps to be found! A Metre is a French Yard, by the way, because the Metre length was created by Napoleon, wanting a French not English measurement, so he had the distance pole to pole, subdivided into sections nearest to the length of an English Yard, and so the Metre.
@MrGreatplum
@MrGreatplum 12 сағат бұрын
Very interesting, Paul - could some of these roads be unfinished for whatever reason?
@matt6477
@matt6477 Күн бұрын
Brilliant- superb!!!!
@QALibrary
@QALibrary Күн бұрын
I thought the answer to your question was an archaeological survey and dig and following the evidence
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Thats the real answer, but I doubt there will be reason to do that unless a new delevlopment arises.
@richieixtar5849
@richieixtar5849 Күн бұрын
@3.36 And 'via' is still in use today and has almost the same meaning. Interesting.
@theexplorechanneluk7934
@theexplorechanneluk7934 Күн бұрын
Probably a stupid question. Have you tried going the other way on each end. Also I live in Salisbury was wondering In what neighbouring town is the Salisbury section of Roman road I would be interested to visit it.
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
Not a silly question, can you explain a tad more what you mean? Which direction from Salisbury?
@theexplorechanneluk7934
@theexplorechanneluk7934 Күн бұрын
​​@@pwhitewickWas wondering if there was anything south of Salisbury or more north than Savernake forest itself or if they just stop from those points. In-between makes sense with portions of roads so it probably did all exist at one stage. Perhaps much of it is either destroyed by inferstructure also portions of it may well be on private land or flattened due to farming ect.
@GRoyce72
@GRoyce72 Күн бұрын
If the charters are digitised, you could sue A.I. to search.
@ronboe6325
@ronboe6325 Күн бұрын
This were AI could be really useful; train it read those old charters and make "guess" on the locations of roads that could be ground truthed.
@firesurfer
@firesurfer Күн бұрын
Agger is short for aggregate. That is exactly what roads are made from.
@CharlesStearman
@CharlesStearman 13 сағат бұрын
Agger and aggregate actually come from two different Latin words - agger is the Latin word for an earthwork or rampart whereas aggregate comes from the Latin verb aggregare which means to gather together and is related to the noun grex meaning a flock, herd or group of people.
@greggweber9967
@greggweber9967 Күн бұрын
12:52 Was Myroft Holmes one of them? LoL
@phaethon3124
@phaethon3124 9 сағат бұрын
do the straight roads exist outside england?
@sirjohng1
@sirjohng1 Күн бұрын
Straight lines on a map from one place to another? This road, like HS2, never to be finished😂
@pwhitewick
@pwhitewick Күн бұрын
There are plenty of those but here... they don't line up.
@willallchin7934
@willallchin7934 22 сағат бұрын
A whole new plethora of Roman roads about to turn up……whitewicks
@AndyJarman
@AndyJarman Күн бұрын
WC2 (UK) Productions and Allotment Fox have started doing stuff together too. It's smartened Tom's head gear up no end. Very dapper tit-fer Tom.
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