Talk:Watling Street
From Academic Kids
Does anyone think the second section of this article (The bit quoted from a book) should be deleted. As it dosent realy make a proper article at the moment
If no-one objects I'll take it as a yes.
- It should be merged really. ~~
Is this merger OK?. I added the information from the book quote and deleted it.
DOVER? I visited the Roman Ruins at Richborough (Ritupiae) near Sandwich, Kent a couple of years ago whilst on holiday. This is an English Heritage site. According o the information I got there, the original Watling Street headed east out of Canterbury to Ritupiae (not sure about spelling). The land east of the castle was originally detached from the mainland and has filled in over the last 2000 years. This created a landing point which was easy to defend once established and Ritupiae was a fortified town which was the stopping off point for Romans entering and leaving England. Hence the road to Londinium started there, out of the original west gate.
I have not modified the article as I am not 100% certain, maybe someone could look into this.
