Roman roads in Suffolk
The Pye Road ran north through Suffolk from Camulodunum at Colchester to Venta Icenorum near Norwich, crossing the Stour and the Waveney and passing the small town at Coddenham. The A140 still follows it, which is why it runs so much straighter than the lanes either side. The road existed to bind the defeated Iceni to the colony that symbolised Roman power in the region.
- Mapped segments
- 33
- Surveyed length
- 230 km
- Named roads
- 2
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
Burgh Castle, on the Norfolk border, has the walls of a Saxon Shore fort standing to full height on three sides. Nearer the road, the small town at Coddenham and the crossing at Scole have both been extensively excavated, and Ipswich Museum holds the finds.
Named roads through Suffolk
Pye Road
Camulodunum to Venta Icenorum
Icknield Way