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This is neat. It seems like it would have run a long way. I wonder how they had not discovered it before, since a slew of roads must have been built to intersect with it over the centuries.
The 1,900-year-old highway was constructed to run from London to Exeter and experts believe it was intended to show the might of the Roman Empire.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/227222/Experts-stunned-as-Roman-road-is-discovered-in-forest-
Yeah, I read this earlier today. That's really cool. This article says pretty much the same thing, but has an artist's depiction of the Romans building it.
I think the existence of this road from London to Exeter was pretty well known. I knew about anyway, and have done for so long I can't remember where I first heard about it. I think all that has really happened is that they have found a particular section of it. Though that is interesting in itself. Given that roads have only relatively recently been so widespread I wouldn't rule out that there might be something to be learned of more than academic interest from studying Roman roads.
I think the existence of this road from London to Exeter was pretty well known. I knew about anyway, and have done for so long I can't remember where I first heard about it. I think all that has really happened is that they have found a particular section of it. Though that is interesting in itself. Given that roads have only relatively recently been so widespread I wouldn't rule out that there might be something to be learned of more than academic interest from studying Roman roads.
Ah, that would make more sense. I suppose if the section is in a rather obscure place, people simply may not have known that it was part of a road. From the pictures, it looks like it's obviously artificial, but then again, it's been cleared of all the trees.
