Possible Roman road at Brook Street Farm (EHER 9293)

Supposed section of a Roman road cut through in laying a drain in 1935. It is more likely to be an old farmyard track.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Red line indicates the exact spot where a Roman Road was cut through in laying a drain on May 27th 1935. It was not possible to ascertain the direction of this road, but it is recorded that it was composed of a layer of red gravel from 6 inches to 1 foot thick, lying under 2 feet of topsoil on a subsoil of London clay. Between the gravel and the subsoil was a layer of made earth, composed of a foot or more of wet clay and black earth. <1> June 1950. Field visit. M.R. Hull and Dr Laver, both inspected this supposed Roman road section and were of the opinion that it was not Roman, and probably nothing more than an old farmyard surface. <2> - <4> July 1976. Field visit. No further evidence of this alleged Roman Road has apparently been recorded and no trace was seen either on the ground or on available air photographs. <5>