England -- Antiquities; England -- Description and travel; Roads -- Great Britain
[41] Here again the 25-inch Ordnance for Kent (LV. 10) draws a
conventional straight line which seemed to us erroneous. We took it to
go from near Brewhouse Farm along the raised footpath to Whitehill,
and then (LV. 6) under the pit, across fields 13 and 67 (not down by
Soakham Farm as the map gives it), and so on to the turf where is a
raised embankment and a characteristic line of yews.
[42] Professor Boyd-Dawkins in connection with his examination of the
iron implements found in Bigberry Camp has traced the Old Road for a
mile or two westward. The map may be seen in Owens College at
Manchester.
[43] I would trace it more or less as follows on the 25-inch Ordnance
map for Kent (XLIV. 16):--Through the orchards marked 378, 379a there
just south of Bowerland, down the valley beyond, and up to Knockholt.
But it is all cultivated land, and except for a footpath at the end
there is no trace left.
INDEX
=À Becket, St. Thomas=. See '=St. Thomas=.'
=Addington=, megalithic remains at, 253 (note 2).
=Adie, Mrs.=, her valuable book, The Pilgrim's Way, referred to,
136, 214.
=Albury=, 'Weston Street' old name of, 136 (note 2).
=---- Church=, old (SS. Peter and Paul), passed, according to
Ordnance map, to south by Old Road, 110 (note).
=---- Park=, preservation of Old Road in, 82;
discussion of Old Road in, 174, 175.
=---- Wood.= See '=Weston=.'
=Alfred=, desecration of grave of, 125.
=Alresfords=, the, not on the Old Road, 127;
medieval road to, from Alton, 129, 130 (note 1).
=Alton=, battle of, mentioned, 126;
approach to medieval road to Alresford from, 129, 130 (note 1);
approach to, described, 144-146.
=Anchor=, Inn at Ropley, 137, 138 (map).
=Anglo-Saxon Period=, character of, 83-85. See also =Dark Ages=.
=Antiquity=, fascination of, 10.
=Arthur's Seat= (near Redhill), exceptional passage of Old Road to
north of crest at, 106 (note); described on journey, 209.
=Avebury=, and Stonehenge, mark convergence of prehistoric roads,
16.
=Aylesford=, a crossing of the Medway, its claims discussed,
245-248;
and map, 236; 253 (note 2).
=Barfleur=, last southern port of 'Second Crossing,' 49, 50.
=Barrow=, near Chilham, 269.
=Bentley=, passage of Old Road by, 149.
=Betchworth Lime Pits=, passed on journey and described, 188-193.
=Bigberry Camp=, fort of Canterbury, stormed by Caesar, 43;
compared with St. Catherine's Hill at Winchester, 70;
Professor Boyd-Dawkins's examination of, 271 (note), visited on
journey and described, 273-275.
=Bishopstoke=, church of, on site of Druidical stone circle, 109.
=Bishop Sutton=, church of, passage of Old Road as near as possible
to south of, 110;
mentioned in Domesday, 130;
passed on our journey, 134.
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