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This stretch of land near Latton follows the course of Ermin Way, one of the most important roads the Romans built across Britain.
What makes it compelling isn't dramatic ruins but rather the genuine sense of Roman ambition and engineering skill visible across the landscape. The ancient highway connected Calleva Atrebatum, now Silchester, with Glevum in Gloucester, passing through Corinium Dobunnorum at Cirencester, which is only a short drive away.
As you walk here, you can often trace the original line of the road—sometimes as a subtle earthwork running through fields, sometimes along modern paths that have simply followed the ancient route over the centuries. You start to picture the legionaries, merchants, and officials who once travelled this way, and it really brings home the scale of what the Romans managed to build. There aren't large standing structures to explore, but that's actually part of what makes it so effective. Rather than confronting monuments, you're connecting with the historical presence woven into the land itself, which creates a genuine link to that distant period.
It's ideal for a reflective walk where you can contemplate how thoroughly the Romans reshaped this part of England. If you want to deepen the experience afterwards, head into nearby Cirencester. The town has an excellent Roman museum with a substantial collection of objects from the period that really brings the era into focus.
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