A second route runs from east to west along the valley below Sandford Hill and Banwell Wood. The line of the road runs just north of Ilex Lane and continues west, north of the field boundary which runs alongside the present footpath.
The agger of the Roman road at ST411586 looking NW
An agger is evident as an earthwork continuing through several fields towards the Banwell Road (A371), and a geophysics survey has shown a substantial ditch (2.5m wide) along its south side.
A 400m length of the line of the Roman road under Banwell Wood looking north. The ditch to the left runs along the south side of the agger (seen in the photograph above). A modern water main is just visible a few meters below it. The field in the centre shows a number of modern drainage ditches (gripes).
The rubble foundation along the course of the Roman road looking east. There is little obvious differentiation between the natural deposits and the agger below this foundation. A resitivity survey shows the agger as an area of much higher resistance with sharply defined edges. Excavation has identified a ditch to the north of the agger, the location of the south ditch was not determined