Watling Street

Watling Street
Mark Crombie · Public domain

Watling Street is a historic route in England running from Dover and London in the southeast, via St Albans to Wroxeter [1]. The road crosses the River Thames at London and was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages [1]. It was originally used by ancient Britons before being paved as one of the main Roman roads in Britannia [1]. The line of the road later became the southwestern border of the Danelaw with Wessex and Mercia and was numbered among the major highways of medieval England [1].

TypeRoad/avenue/trackway
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.5388° N, 0.1376° W

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