Pye Road is a Roman road running from the capital of the Iceni at Venta Icenorum ( Caistor St Edmund near Norwich ) to the original Roman provincial capital and legionary base at Camulodunum ( Colchester ). The road was later extended, connecting it to the new provincial capital north of the bridge over the Thames at Londinium ( London ), although that part of the route is also known by the name the Great Road .
6-458: The road runs from Venta Icenorum ( Caistor St Edmund ) to Camulodunum ( Colchester ), partly sharing a route with the A140 road . Between Colchester and London, the path of the former gravel road is not as certain, but it is believed to follow Ilford 's High Street, Romford Road (A118), a now unpaved route through the present Olympic Park , and then the line of Whitechapel Road to Aldgate in
12-476: A farm near Caistor St Edmund rediscovered the ruins of Venta Icenorum. A five-year archaeological dig soon followed, led by archaeologist Donald Atkinson . The site subsequently remained uninvestigated until the University of Nottingham reopened it in 2009 seeking Iron Age (Iceni) structures beneath the town. The evidence uncovered revealed that the site was not established on a previous Iron Age town, but
18-560: The Iceni") was the civitas or capital of the Iceni tribe, located at modern-day Caistor St Edmund in the English county of Norfolk . The Iceni inhabited the flatlands and marshes of that county and are famous for having revolted against Roman rule under their queen Boudica in the winter of 61 CE. The town itself was probably laid out, and its first streets metalled, in approximately
24-649: The first half of the second century. The town, which is mentioned in both the Ravenna Cosmography and the Antonine Itinerary , was a settlement near the village of Caistor St. Edmund, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of present-day Norwich , and a mile or two from the Bronze Age henge at Arminghall . The site lies on the River Tas . In 1928, an aerial reconnaissance flight of
30-566: The northeast corner of the City of London . 52°18′42″N 1°06′13″E / 52.31173°N 1.10353°E / 52.31173; 1.10353 This article related to the history of England is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This United Kingdom road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Venta Icenorum Venta Icenorum ( Classical Latin : [ˈwɛnta ɪkeːˈnoːrũː] , literally "marketplace of
36-403: Was a newly built and sparsely populated frontier town focused on administration and trade. It also revealed a partial integration of the mainly agrarian locals into Roman norms. The embankments of Venta Icenorum can still be seen at Caistor today. The ruins ( grid reference TG230034 ) are in the care of The Norfolk Archaeological Trust and managed by South Norfolk District Council . In 2011,
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