Lengths of Roman road

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Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Lengths of Roman road preserves the earthworks of a former stretch of Roman road in Dorset. It is the only stretch of Roman road the Albion Guide lists in the county. It sits within Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape. The closest station is Hamworthy, 16.9 km to the south.

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