Hrycg Weg (Anglo-Saxon ridgeway)

Description of this historic site

An Anglo-Saxon ridgeway recorded in fragmentary form in Early Medieval charters. It probably represents the reuse of a Roman road.

Notes about this historic site

1 The Roman road running south-east from Tiddington is recorded as the hrycg wege (ridgeway) in a charter of AD 985, which recorded part in use along the Alveston parish boundary.
2 Map illustrating the above fragment of route in the vicinity of Goldicote.

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