Shute: Roman road

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Shute: Roman road

Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 6 Dec 2006

This highway once linked the Fosse Way in the Axe valley with Exeter. The Fosse Way terminated with a harbour at Axmouth. The route now merely provides access to Shute Hill Farm and has been supplanted by the A35 Trunk Road, which runs to the north of Kilmington Hill. Looking east-north-east

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Image Location

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50.781091
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-3.067884