Much of my geophysics work over the past 13 years has been done, working with various groups, for a project mapping the Roman road between Hardham and Pevensey in Sussex. This encompassed Ivan Margary's "Sussex Greensand Way" (M140) and the road between Arlington and Pevensey (M142). I surmised that the two actually joined together, and set out to look for the missing piece. Starting at the Arlington end bore little fruit, so I changed to the Barcombe end, where I found the roadside settlement there, and traced the Roman road from there back to Arlington with a combination of geophysics and LiDAR. After 13 years, the entire road has now been found, with a number of corrections to Margary's original course, along with details of settlements along the road. The entire length of road has been named "Farne Street", to avoid confusion with Margary's names for individual parts of the same road. The name comes from a short section of the road near Polegate, and means 'ferny' street.
An overview of the road
A 65 page overview of the road has been published, entitled "With A Mag On Farne Street".
It can be purchased from Archaeology Plus.
