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Blackstone Edge Roman Road

Near Littleborough, Greater Manchester

A paved road climbing the Pennines, with a mysterious groove down the middle.

A stretch of stone-paved road climbs steeply up Blackstone Edge, high on the Pennine moors. It has a deep central groove, perhaps used to brake carts going down the hill.

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When
Roman or later
Where
53.6370, -2.0600
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

A walk up from the A58 near Littleborough. The Pennine Way passes the top.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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