During excavations amid the early stages of expanding low carbon heating to thousands of homes along Old Kent Road in London, archaeologists found physical evidence of an ancient Roman road.
Wating Street was built closely following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, according to a Wednesday press release from the London Borough of Southwark.
Prior to this discovery, there was very little evidence to support the exact route of the ancient Roman road.
Excavations of Old Kent Road in London revealed a Roman route underneath the modern-day street. (© MOLA 2024)
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With the shared characteristic of Roman roads traditionally being straight, archaeologists believed they knew where the ancient road would be.
Sections of the 2,000-year-old route were uncovered by a team of archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), working on behalf of Veolia and archaeological…
