The Roman road from Silchester to Bath connected Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) with Aquae Sulis (Bath) via Spinae (Speen), Cunetio (near Marlborough) and Verlucio (near Sandy Lane).
[1] The road was a significant route for east–west travel and military logistics in south-east England during the 1st to 5th centuries.
[2] During the Middle Ages, the road was used by drovers, as well as by merchants and travellers.
[3] Portions of the Roman road are extant, while in other places all apparent vestiges are absent from view.
In the early 19th century, Colt-Hoare surveyed and mapped its course from Overton Down (west of Marlborough) to Bath; the rest was only known in isolated sections until a study by Hugh Toller was published in 2013.