Monument record 1700/1/7 - Roman Road - Barton Road (Chester to Wroxeter Route 6a)

Watling Street Roman Road. Represented by a causeway, in places 0.6m high and 6m wide from SJ43565435 to 43555417 and then by a ridge as far as SJ435537. When the course of the road is projected south, it meets this section at Wetreins Farm (1700/1/6). This suggests that the road turns through a 50 degree angle at this location. It may also suggest that this section of the road is a later link and 1700/1/6 may have continued on to Farndon or Holt (1).Features found to be natural (2). A narrow straight ridge clearly underlying ridge and furrow is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (3). It also notable that the the projected line of this road would meet 1785/1 a possible Roman or medieval road to the south of Wetreins Farm (RJE).

<1> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1970-Present, Britannia, 11/364-5 Waddelove A C & E 1980 (Journal/Periodical). SCH445.

<2> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1970-Present, Britannia, 16/282 AC & E Waddelove in SS Frere 1985 (Journal/Periodical). SCH445.

<3> Various, Aerial photographs, 1940s Cheshire CC digital dataset (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.