 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1851 - 528 Seiten
...across the fields, or still more marked, near ferm-houses and out-buildings, and not unf requently in occupation roads, from such continuing on the Roman...eight or ten inches of soil, and of the exact width of 2 1 feet. This is the most complete patch of the Roman Road to be met with in Lancashire, along this... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1851 - 566 Seiten
...river. In fact, the river has had many a meander since the Bomans crossed it. Beyond the river we Boon fall in with the line again ; and within the wooded...eight or ten inches of soil, and of the exact width of 21 feet. This is the most complete patch of the Roman Road to be met with in Lancashire, along this... | |
 | 1868 - 460 Seiten
...levelled near to the brook, and a section made of it worthy of inspection. The gravel has been spread on the surface of the ground, and a thin charred line...eight or ten inches of soil, and of the exact width of twenty-one feet. This is the most complete patch of the Roman road to be met with in Lancashire aloug... | |
 | 1868 - 478 Seiten
...levelled near to the brook, and a section made of it worthy of inspection. The gravel has been spread on the surface of the ground, and a thin charred line...another, though not apparently of any definite shape or siza The flags form a nice, rounded, compact surface, now covered with eight or ten inches of soil,... | |
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... near to the fences, until it reaches Pendleton Brook, where, on the brink, we observe a remarkable specimen. Yet modern improvements cannot let be this relic of the Romans. The agger has been levelled near to the brook, and a section made of it worthy... 