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Title: Roman road found in Manchester
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jul 14, 2025, 05:13 AM

Roman road discovered in Manchester city centre - BBC News https://share.google/ZFYfb9uB8RRfa14By

Nice find

Title: Re: Roman road found in Manchester
Post by: Nick Harbud on Jul 14, 2025, 08:40 AM

Was this was a case of the City Council finally getting around to fixing the potholes? ???

Title: Re: Roman road found in Manchester
Post by: Keraunos on Jul 14, 2025, 08:50 AM

Quote from: Nick Harbud on Jul 14, 2025, 08:40 AMWas this was a case of the City Council finally getting around to fixing the potholes? ???

Indeed, and getting volunteer archaeologists to do it off budget ;)

Title: Re: Roman road found in Manchester
Post by: Erpingham on Jul 14, 2025, 09:25 AM

The lack of potholes suggests not a lot of traffic and/or a short lifetime to me.

Title: Re: Roman road found in Manchester
Post by: Cantabrigian on Jul 14, 2025, 09:58 AM

Quote from: Nick Harbud on Jul 14, 2025, 08:40 AMWas this was a case of the City Council finally getting around to fixing the potholes? ???

Maybe they've finally finished moving the potholes from Blackburn, Lancashire to the Royal Albert Hall.

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