Roman roads in West Midlands at a glance
West Midlands, in England, has about 38 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 8 segments. None of it is classed as certain: almost all of it is conjectured, so the line on the map is a best estimate of the course rather than a surveyed route. One road here has a well-known name, and the longest is Watling Street. 1 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 38 kmof Roman road
- 8segments
- 1named road
- 1Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 38 | 100% |
| Hypothetical | 0 | 0% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Named Roman roads in West Midlands
The longest is the Watling Street, with 2.9 km of it in West Midlands.
| Road | Length in West Midlands (km) |
|---|---|
| Watling Street | 2.9 |
Roman places in West Midlands
1 Roman place lies on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Metchley Fort
Towns near Roman roads in West Midlands
These are the larger towns in West Midlands that lie within 5 km of a Roman road line on the map (not counting the hypothetical lines). Being close to a Roman road does not make a town Roman, but it shows where the old routes still pass by today.
- Birmingham
- Wolverhampton
- Sutton Coldfield
- Stourbridge
- Smethwick
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the West Midlands boundary. See all data sources and licences.
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