Ivan Margary’s “Roman Roads inwards Britain”, final published inwards 1973, represented a fairly comprehensive assessment of the nation’s Roman route network every bit it was understood at the time. Unfortunately, it has all also oftentimes been assumed that afterwards Margary’s operate our noesis too agreement of the Roman route network was reasonably complete, an supposition that has led to a lack of serious written report inside professional person archeology (with the notable exception of roads inwards Wales), too a failure to admit that nosotros are in all probability entirely reasonably for sure of nearly 40% of the network at best.
For the final 40 years too more, the serious written report of Roman roads has largely been left to a handful of disparate individuals too modest amateur groups, amongst piffling or no co-ordination or cooperation betwixt them. Neither has it helped that the dependent area has, on occasions, attracted individuals whose enthusiasm has been rather to a greater extent than evident than their objectivity. The RRRA was formed to select those disparate individuals together, too to coordinate a nationwide programme of enquiry ensuring a consistent too high character approach.
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