Akeman Street

Akeman Street
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A Roman road in southern England stretching approximately 117 km east-west from Verulamium (St Albans) to Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester), linking Watling Street with the Fosse Way. Probably laid out in the 50s AD along an older pre-Roman trackway, it passes through Berkhamsted, Tring, Aylesbury, and Alchester. Its name derives from Anglo-Saxon meaning 'oak-man'. Sections survive today as the A41 road and public footpaths including part of the Oxfordshire Way.

TypeRoad/avenue/trackway
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.8863° N, 1.1920° W

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