Roman road Watling Street
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Roman road Watling Street is an ancient major Roman route in Britain that linked southeastern ports with key cities such as London and the Midlands, forming a crucial part of the province’s road network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roman road Watling Street canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman road
ⓘ
ancient road ⓘ historic route ⓘ |
| builtBy | Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Dover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ Richborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Roxeter NERFINISHED ⓘ St Albans NERFINISHED ⓘ Towcester NERFINISHED ⓘ Viroconium Cornoviorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Wroxeter NERFINISHED ⓘ the Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionType | engineered metalled road ⓘ |
| country | Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesAt | London Bridge area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| followsModernRoad |
A2 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A5 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | scheduled monument (in many sections) ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Old English ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
administrative route
ⓘ
military route ⓘ trade route ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Wæclingas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Itinerary II of the Antonine Itinerary (probable)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman road network in Britain ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Buckinghamshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greater London NERFINISHED ⓘ Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Staffordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Southeast England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Anglo-Saxon period
ⓘ
Medieval period ⓘ Roman period in Britain ⓘ |
| terminus |
Dover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wroxeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Roman administrators
ⓘ
Roman military ⓘ Roman traders ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.