Suspected Roman or earlier road; river crossing at Gol Grove, and double trackway defined as a Roman road on the OS map although this identification may be suspect. It was first suggested as a Roman road by Miller Christy in 1923.<1> The remains of the road examined on the east and west bank in 1979 indicated that it had been constructed on a flint base; better preservation was shown in the east bank than the west.<2><3><4> Other ref.<5>

Site Assessment = The western approach is through farm fields - arable and grassland, the eastern approach through woodland. It is not under threat except near the eastern approach which may be threatened by sand workings near Warren Lane, Stanway.<1>

Two sections excavated across the holloway and banks by Colchester Archaeological Group in 1993/4, however, indicated a post-medeival date for the earthworks to the south of Hanging Wood.<6>