Chichester to Silchester Way

The road had been entirely lost and forgotten, leaving no Saxon place names as clues to its existence, until its chance discovery through aerial photography in 1949.

[1] The existence of this road was unknown until 1949 when the archaeological division of the Ordnance Survey, while examining aerial photographs of the Milland area, noticed earthworks the size and shape of a Roman mansio, similar to those on Stane Street at Hardham and Alfoldean.

The road was wider than average for Britain and well constructed, with a layer of flint or gravel on a cambered agger.

[1] Whether by chance or not the road starts from Chichester's north gate (50°50′24″N 0°46′44″W / 50.840°N 0.779°W / 50.840; -0.779) on an alignment aimed directly at Silchester.

[1] At East Broyle Copse the road turns north on an alignment to Dunner Hill.

The road is then in modern use through Milland to at least the northern end of the straight section, from where the line is uncertain until it can be found as a cutting, then a substantial causeway, at Chapel Common.

Passing southwest of Hutfield Copse, the road crosses the Sussex Border Path and soon enters the army training area at Weavers Down, with traces of an agger with side ditches running up to the crest of the hill, which is crossed on an eroded terrace.