08-24-2014, 09:10 AM
Here is a picture of a Roman road in my area that is three lanes wide the central track shows its ditches at the sides, however there are two others to left and right of these beyond the two grass lanes.
This road runs parallel with the Roman Dere Street to Scotland but on the east side of the Cheviot hills, it was discovered by the late Raymond Selkirk and his Northern Archaeology Group that I was once a member of.
The width of this road is about 5 meters maximum therefore I think the 4 abreast sounds like a good figure for those who traveled along it the soft grass tracks at the sides being for unshod animals.
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This road runs parallel with the Roman Dere Street to Scotland but on the east side of the Cheviot hills, it was discovered by the late Raymond Selkirk and his Northern Archaeology Group that I was once a member of.
The width of this road is about 5 meters maximum therefore I think the 4 abreast sounds like a good figure for those who traveled along it the soft grass tracks at the sides being for unshod animals.
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Brian Stobbs
