Roman road from Silchester to Bath
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The Roman road from Silchester to Bath connected Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) with Aquae Sulis (Bath) via Spinae (Speen), Cunetio (near Marlborough) and Verlucio (near Sandy Lane).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The road was a significant route for east–west travel and military logistics in south-east England during the 1st to 5th centuries.
Parts of its route were subsequently followed by earthworks that are presumed to form part of Wansdyke.<ref>Wansdyke Project description of the Roman road from London to Bath</ref> During the Middle Ages, the road was used by drovers, as well as by merchants and travellers.
Margary numbered the road as 53.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Portions of the Roman road are extant, while in other places all apparent vestiges are absent from view. In the early 19th century, Colt-Hoare surveyed and mapped its course from Overton Down (west of Marlborough) to Bath; the rest was only known in isolated sections until a study by Hugh Toller was published in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
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- The road superimposed on a Google Map – saxonhistory.co.uk