Monument record 436/1/5 - King Street Roman Road - Wilderspool to Stretton section

May 1971 - observations in a pipe trench of a section across Roman road immediately north of Stretton vicarage. Eastern edge of road located 30yds to west of the position marked on OS maps. The structure consisted of a 9inch layer of gravel with stones up to 2ins in diam & dark sandy soil, lying on a bed of harder gravel. No obvious edge. The eastern edge of the road lies 18ins below the present surface & a 20ft wide stretch can be recognised. Beyond a width of 30ft the road can no longer be traced (1).

<1> Lymm & District Local History Society, Various, Lymm & District Local History Society - Newsletter, Hughes E M & Jermy K E 1971 /11-12 (Newsletter). SCH2040.

<2> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 77/28-29 Jermy K E & Hughes E M 1972 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<3> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1970-Present, Britannia, 3/313 Wilson D R 1971 (Journal/Periodical). SCH445.

<4> Council for British Archaeology, Various, CBA Group 5 Archaeological Newsletter, 18/8 Jermy K E (Newsletter). SCH547.