Wiltshire and Swindon Historic Environment Record
Details for record number SU13SW308
Type
Monument
Title / Name
Roman Road, Stratford Sub Castle
Summary
Roman road from Old Sarum to Dorchester built in the 1st century AD, through which various sections have been excavated.
Monument Types and Dates
ROAD, Roman (43 to 409)
Other Details
Source Detail: Wiltshire County Council, 1971
Title: A20/211015
Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI14896
Source Detail: Wiltshire County Council, 1991
Title: N26 97 91 214
Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI20066
Source Detail: No Originator information., 2001
Title: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine - Volume 94 (master)
Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI21916
Additional Information: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volume 94
Source Detail: No Originator information., 2002
Title: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine -Volume 95
Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI22222
Additional Information: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volume 95
Description: Article 'Sorviodunum - A Review of the Archaeological Evidence' by David James
Source Detail: McMahon, P. + Hawkes, J., 1999
Title: Archaeological Evaluation at Roselea/Avonview (Land Between), Stratford-Sub-Castle, Wilts
Summary: Evaluation Source ID: SWI24125
Additional Information: AC Archaeology
Source Detail: Pathfinders Archaeological Reconnaissance, 2002
Title: Castle Close, Stratford-Sub-Castle
Summary: Watching brief Source ID: SWI24495
Additional Information: Pathfinders Archaeological Reconnaissance
Source Detail: Sabin, D. + Donaldson, K., 2009
Title: Cowslip Farm, Stratford sub Castle, Salisbury
Summary: Geophysical survey Source ID: SWI25553
Additional Information: Archaeological Surveys
Description: Linear and amorphous anomalies, identified through geophysics, may relate to a flint/chalk surface assocaiated with the former Roman road. There is an upstanding linear earthwork. The linear to the south (previously mapped from aerial photography) is lilkely to be a modern pipeline.
Source Detail: Pathfinders, 2005
Title: Archaeological Investigations at Albertine Cottage, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire
Summary: Geophysical survey and excavation Source ID: SWI26072
Additional Information: Pathfinders
Description: The edge of the Portway was exposed during excavations in 2005. The construction of the road consisted of a hard mortar bed within which many medium sized flint cobbles had been laid, with layers of finer gravel laid over that.
Source Detail: Strutt, K. + Barker, D., 2022
Title: Geophysical Survey at the Romano-British Settlement, Old Sarum, Wiltshire, April 2019
Summary: Geophysical Survey Research report No. 5 Source ID: SWI29226
Additional Information: The Old Sarum Landscapes Project
Description: The results indicate the presence of the Portway Roman road, together with side roads leading from the main route.
Source Detail: Cambridge University Aerial Photograph Unit,
Title: E/RC8 BV83
Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI8668
Source Detail: No Originator information., 1961-1963
Title: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine - Volume 58 (master)
Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI943
Additional Information: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volume 58
Description: Course of the Portway Roman Road from London to Exeter via Old Sarum. Roman road revealed as cropmark in 1962.
Source Detail: No Originator information., 1965
Title: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine - Volume 60 (master)
Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI947
Additional Information: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volume 60
Description: Excavations in 1964 found agger made of layers of flints with 2 side ditches.
Source Detail: No Originator information., 1966
Title: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine - Volume 61 (master)
Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI949
Additional Information: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volume 61
Description: Trenches in 1965 found 2 further large ditches inside of which were the chalk floors of constuctors houses dating road to AD85-95.
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