Here, the Wigan Archaeological Society excavated a gravel and clay foundation, c. In 2005 a dig in the Three Sisters Nature Reserve, Ellesmere Park, uncovered part of the route to the west. The other branch headed north-west towards the Roman army supply base at Walton-le-Dale near Preston.Īerial view of the Roman road at Wentworth High School. Somewhere near Chorlton Fold this road divided, one branch continuing west towards the Roman fort at Wigan along the high ground to north of Chat Moss. A second from Manchester to Wigan crossed the River Irwell at Hulme, south-west of the fort, close to a rock shelter later known as Woden’s Cave. Of the roads to be found in Salford one, from Manchester to Ribchester, ran northwards along the line of Bury New Road through Broughton. They led a loose grouping of seven tribes in northern England, of which Salford was part. This was founded in the mid-70s AD as part of the conquest of the Brigantes. Their construction coincides with the establishment of the Roman fort at Manchester.

They represent the earliest Roman activity in the area. These avoided Chat Moss, the large tract of raised bog which dominated several square kilometers of the northern bank of the River Irwell, in Salford. Three Roman roads crossed the Salford landscape.

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