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Monument record MDR4778 - Rykneld Street, Roman Road in Breadsall parish

Type and Period (1)

  • (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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  • None recorded

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Rykneld Street Roman road within Breadsall Parish. (1) A report by the Bishop of Cloyne which refers to Rykneld Street appears in Lysons' 'Derbyshire' of 1817. Here we read that 'on passing Breadsall Priory on the left, and rising up towards the Alms-houses on Morley Moor, a large fragment of it is visible on the right hand...'. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Index: TPAT. 2220. 220.
  • <2> Article in serial: Munslow, F W. 1949. 'Excavating a Roman Road', The Derbyshire Countryside. Volume 17, no. 5, p 231.

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Grid reference Centred SK 37649 40364 (2024m by 2376m)
Civil Parish BREADSALL, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE

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Sep 1 2016 11:25AM

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