1 A possible Roman Road or trackway.
2 Marked as ‘saltway’.
3 Probable course of road shown by cropmark.
A road, possibly of Roman origin, parts of which are referred to in Early Medieval charters. Its probable course can be traced on aerial photographs.
2 Enclosures and linear features show on air photographs.
3 The site occupies an elevated position on a ridge of lias with clay capping. Finds have been collected from the field ...
The site of a Roman villa. Various finds, including fragments of tile, bone, pottery and part of a whetstone, have been found at the site. Enclosures and boundaries are visible as earthworks. The site lies 500m south west of Chesterton Wood.
1 Saltway (Sealt Straet) referred to in a charter of AD 956. This was part of a major cross country routeway running eastwards from Stratford.
2 Maps illustrating part of route.
3 ...
Part of an Early Medieval trackway known as the 'Saltway'. It is mentioned in a charter of 969 AD. It is part of a major routeway across the country heading east from Stratford upon Avon. It may have originated during the Roman period.