Witchampton: the Roman road from Sheephouse Drove

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Witchampton: the Roman road from Sheephouse Drove

Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 7 Mar 2010

The straight course of a Roman road, running close to north from Badbury Rings, can be traced intermittently in this area – behind us, it peters out but the course can be rejoined farther north. For comment on the signpost, see Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.864213
Longitude
-2.028509