How Romans made roads (Are We There Yet: Guide to Roads)

Thousands of years ago Britain was covered by swamps and forests. There weren’t any roads, only tracks made by the hunters.
When people settled in villages, they made paths from hard earth from one village to another so they could trade with each others.
The oldest road we know about in Britain is near the River Brue in the south west. This six-thousand-year old walkway was discovered in 1970 and is thought to come from an era when farming had just begun, around 4,000BC.
We can still see remnants of these early kinds of roads - often as ancient pathways. Quite often they follow the tops of hills and are called Ridgeways.
There are still many around that you can walk along!
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