Icknield Way
Prehistoric British route
Icknield Way is an ancient trackway in England, running roughly from Norfolk to Wiltshire along the chalk ridges.
One of Britain's oldest roads, it predates Roman occupation and connected prehistoric settlements.
Parts remain as footpaths and minor roads: We walked a stretch of the Icknield Way through the Chilterns.
- RidgewayTopographic surname or locality
- prehistoric settlementsDwellings from before history
- hillfortFortified ancient hilltop enclosure
- escarpmentSteep slope dividing elevations
- burial moundsEarthen heaps over graves
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- Ancient roadsRoman road, Appian Way, Silk Road, King's Highway, Watling Street
- British PrehistoryStonehenge, stone circles, henges, hill forts, burial mounds
- Anglo-Saxon BritainAlfred the Great, Edgar, Edward the Confessor, Edmund, Canute
- BedfordshireBedford, Luton, Woburn, Sandy, Flitwick
- Thames ValleyThames, Henley-on-Thames, Abingdon, Wallingford, Marlow
road origin/construction
Icknield WayWatling Street
Major Roman road, Britain
Roman roads · via · military roads · paved road · paved roads