Ackling Dyke

Not as its name would suggest a dyke, Ackling Dyke is the Roman road which ran between Badbury Rings and Old Sarum, from where it became the Portway leading eastwards to London. Though much of its length has been truncated over the centuries or absorbed into later roads, there are sections which remain visible. On the Hampshire Wiltshire border at Bokerley junction its raised aggar still stands nearly 2m high and in some sections the drainage channels either side can just be made out. Once a major artery transporting troops and traders in what was the most far flung region of the Roman Empire it would have buzzed with activity, now though the invasion of tree and shrubs would impede any movement along it.  When think it would have seen 400 years or more of use and has survived a further 1600 years of neglect, it really is a testament to Roman engineering...I doubt any of our modern roads would be recognizable in the landscape after so many centuries.