Title

Wansdyke, Wiltshire, 1997

Caption

Wansdyke, Wiltshire, 1997. Wansdyke is an extensive frontier earthwork probably constructed in the late Roman period. Its function is most likely a means of marking and controlling a significant border, including all communications that ran across it. The earthwork consists of a ditch and embankment running from Maes Knoll on the Mendips across Wiltshire to the Berkshire border, with a 14 mile section of Roman road linking the two ends together.

Date

1997

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19A82_310

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,9Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,0in x 16,8in / 3314 x 5047 (300dpi)

Keywords

countryside Italy hill England country Rome British geography English color colour archaeology rustic Roman Wiltshire location century Britain concept archaeological site border archeology aerial photography rural English Heritage 5th century 6th century earthwork geographical feature rural life TGN Wansdyke photograph EH RCHME staff photographer photograph