An Oxford University archaeologist exploring the Welsh countryside has discovered an ancient Roman road in Wales. He believes it might be the lost route upon which the bluestones were transported to Stonehenge from Wales. Furthermore, the discovery of this Roman road that connects villas and forts with silver mines also proves the Romans penetrated further into west Britain than previously thought.
Tracking the Bluestone Trail and the Roman Road
Last month Dr Mark Merrony, an archaeologist from Oxford University, identified the first sections of the 10.94 kilometer (6.8 mile) long Roman road buried in peat in the Preseli Hills , in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Measuring up to 5 meters (16.4 feet) wide, this hitherto unidentified Roman road is suspected to follow the same route that prehistoric people used to transport the bluestones to the Stonehenge site in England.
