Editing Sutton Coldfield (section)

=== Roman period ===
The presence of [[Roman Britain|Romans]] in the area is most visible in Sutton Park, where a {{convert|1.5|mi|km|adj=on}} long preserved section of [[Icknield Street]] passes through. Whilst the road ultimately connects Gloucestershire to South Yorkshire, locally, the road was important for connecting [[Metchley Fort]] in [[Edgbaston]] with [[Letocetum]], now [[Wall, Staffordshire|Wall]], in [[Staffordshire]]. The road is most visible from near to the pedestrian gate on Thornhill Road (OS Grid Reference {{Ordnance Survey coordinates|SP 08759 98830}}), where the {{convert|8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} wide bank that formed the road surface is most prominent. Excavations at the road have showed that it was made from compacted gravel, never having a paved surface. Along each side are intermittent ditches, marked by Roman engineers, and beyond these are hollows where gravel was excavated to make the road surface.<ref name="SPA1" /> At least three Roman coins have been found along the course of Icknield Street through Sutton Park,<ref>{{cite web|title=Continuity And Discontinuity in The Landscape: Roman to Medieval in Sutton Chase |url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol36/36_178_182.pdf |publisher=Arts and Humanities Data Service |access-date=13 September 2010}}</ref> as well as a Roman pottery kiln elsewhere in the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roman Birmingham |url=http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Planning-Management/PageLayout&cid=1223092741307&pagename=BCC/Common/Wrapper/Wrapper&rendermode=Live |publisher=Birmingham City Council |access-date=13 September 2010}}</ref>

Next to the Iron Age property at Langley Brook, the remains of a timber building and field system were discovered. Pottery recovered from this site was dated to the second and third century, indicating the presence of a Roman farmstead.<ref name="M6TA" />