Roman Posting Station
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Roman Posting Station
Image: © Chris Thomas-Atkin Taken: 21 Jul 2020
On the Iping Road looking southwards. The slight rise in the road just ahead indicates the site of a Roman Posting Station on the OS Map. Historic England records this as a Scheduled Monument. It is described as a Mansio, which is a mainly masonry built building, providing accommodation and stabling for travellers associated with the Cursus Publicus - the provincial Postal Service of Roman Britain. See https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1015887
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Image Location
Latitude
51.028451
Longitude
-0.798854