Roman roads in Devon
Isca Dumnoniorum at Exeter was a legionary fortress from about AD 55 and the western terminus of the Fosse Way. Devon marks a limit in more than one sense: west of Exeter the Roman road network thins to almost nothing, and the far south-west stayed a place Rome traded with rather than settled. Exeter's Roman city wall still runs for much of its circuit.
- Mapped segments
- 20
- Surveyed length
- 230 km
- Named roads
- 1
Measured from the Itiner-e survey within the modern county boundary, which for Yorkshire, Cheshire and the other counties broken up in 1974 means the traditional area reassembled from its present-day parts. The survey maps far more road than it attributes to a named route, so the segment count counts everything, and the named roads below are only those with a history recorded here.
Where to see it
Exeter's Roman city wall survives for most of its circuit and is walkable, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum holds the material from the legionary fortress beneath the modern city. The Fosse Way begins here, and it is a long way to Lincoln.
Named roads through Devon
Fosse Way
Isca Dumnoniorum to Lindum