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Activity Sheet
Roman Roads in Britain
Can you draw in the routes of three well known Roman roads that criss-crossed Britain around 100CE and are still part of today’s road network?
1/ Choose three different coloured pencils
2/ Using a different colour for each road, draw in these routes:
Roman road 1 Watling Street – (route – Dover / Canterbury / London / High Cross / Chester)
Roman road 2 Fosse Way – ( route – Exeter / Cirencester / High Cross / Lincoln)
Roman road 3 Ermine Street – (route – London / Lincoln / York)
3/ Create a key to indicate which colour represents which Roman road.
4/ At which point did two roads cross?
Hadrian’s Wall:
In 117CE Emperor Hadrian ordered a wall to be built across Britain to stop barbarians from the north attacking and raiding Roman settlers. The wall started at Solway Firth and went eastwards towards the sea.
5/ Create a wall symbol and draw it on the map to show where Hadrian’s Wall was built across the country.
6/ Find the name of the place where the wall finished on the western side and write it in.
7/ Add the wall symbol to the key.
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