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How did Roman road builders know which way to go? If they were a few degrees out setting off from, say, Chichester, they could have ended up in what is now Slough, not London. (continued)
Bryn Glover
Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, UK
I have seen demonstrated, albeit on a small scale, a technique said to have been employed by Roman road engineers. Before constructing Stane Street, they would have had a good idea of the general direction to get to London or Chichester from either end.
They sent out teams of soldiers (of which they had thousands) along the guessed…
