Probable Roman Road between Rivenhall and Southend (EHER 80674)

Probable Roman Road between Rivenhall and Southend. Summary from record 8075: Church road is on the line of a north-south Roman road.

Possible Roman road, RRX 119 j, Rivenhall to Southend. For full details including bibliography see Ordnance Survey Linear Archive file (RRX 119 j), held at NMRC. <1> Information from NRHE import. 1993. Desk-based assessment. A Roman Road is thought to be fossilised in the alignment of Maypole Road which runs northward out of Heybridge and south across the middle of the development area. There is a suggestion of a major linear feature on the aerial photographs which may coincide with its projected line. An eastern branch identified by excavation is not in evidence. <2> At Rivenhall, Church Road is on the line of a north-south Roman road. Where there has been a slight deviation south of the churchyard, metalling has been encountered in the front garden of one of the council houses. Most of the yard and road surfaces in the villa area seemed to be 1st century in origin. <3> Note: See EHER 7985 for cropmarks of double-ditched trackways on a similar alignment to the Roman road.