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> ...the poster said that it was more that Roman roads
> often went by prehistoric monuments.

Don't listen to that bloke. He talks a load of rubbish.

:-)#


>...Roman roads were comprised of (usually smaller)
> sections of prehistoric trackways and roads joined up...

I realised that when I wrote the post, but it's such a big
area to debate that I opted for a nice 'n' simple explanation.
Just wanted to convey my cynicism about the Roman fort
theory described in the NMR (and elsewhere).

K x

"as the Romans had a habit of intentionally running their routes past existing megalithic sites "

Didn't they though! At Belsay in Northumberland, a road goes in between a burial mound (The Poind) and it's stone (The Man).
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3340
It makes me tetchy to think about it, 'cos there's also a certain bloody great wall that runs roughshod over a whole load of lovely bits and pieces not far away.

Hmpf! Bloody wall.... Tut.

<Wanders off to mumble to himself in a corner>

Have corrected my post to be a bit more informative.