The Road Goes on: A Literary and Historical Account of the Highways, Byways, and Bridges of Great BritainEpworth Press, 1946 - 236 páginas |
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... HILAIRE BELLOC , The Stane Street So it was our remote forerunners , the Iberians and Celts , that first trod down the foundations of our highways , long before The Roman came with a heavy hand And bridged and roaded and ruled the land ...
... HILAIRE BELLOC , The Stane Street So it was our remote forerunners , the Iberians and Celts , that first trod down the foundations of our highways , long before The Roman came with a heavy hand And bridged and roaded and ruled the land ...
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... HILAIRE BELLOC The Stane Street Vitruvius has given exact directions for making a road . They began , it appears , by making two parallel furrows , the intended width of the road , and then removed all the loose earth between them till ...
... HILAIRE BELLOC The Stane Street Vitruvius has given exact directions for making a road . They began , it appears , by making two parallel furrows , the intended width of the road , and then removed all the loose earth between them till ...
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... HILAIRE BELLOC , The Road ( 1923 ) * * After the departure of the Roman legions their roads were no longer systematically repaired . The stone bridges must have collapsed within a few centuries ; the roads were often buried by wind ...
... HILAIRE BELLOC , The Road ( 1923 ) * * After the departure of the Roman legions their roads were no longer systematically repaired . The stone bridges must have collapsed within a few centuries ; the roads were often buried by wind ...
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BEFORE THE ROMANS | 7 |
THE ROMAN ROADS IN BRITAIN | 21 |
ROADS IN THE MIDDLE AGES | 40 |
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