Comment on TIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th century

palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• scrchngwsl@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yep, spent far too long this morning looking all the modern roads up on OSM and following them along going “wow look how straight it is!”

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  • palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh man, I didn’t even think of that… hmm…

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