Construction workers expanding a section of road north of London needed to pause their project after uncovering an unexpected find—a small Roman cemetery dating back roughly 1,500 years.
Roman and medieval remains near Five Mile Road Hundreds of medieval bodies ... Rocks from the area were used in the construction of the site on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire.
"Roman graves are not uncommon - when the Romans built roads, legionnaires who died were simply buried by the side of the road. "Wessex Archology learns something new every time one is found ...