Sometimes described as the 'oldest road in Britain', the Harrow Way ('Harroway', 'Old Way', 'hard' or 'old' road) is a trackway of great antiquity running east-west across southern England. My interest in its passage particularly across the Stonehenge landscape and environs was first aroused on reading an article by Alex Down 'On Trackways and Place-names', published on Dennis Price's blog Eternal Idol on August 17, 2013. L.V. Grinsell's The Archaeology of Wessex, published in 1958, observes 'The origin of the name is uncertain: derivations of the name have been suggested from har (hoary with age), herewag (military road), and hearg weg (the road to the shrine or holy place, doubtfully Stonehenge).' In Aubrey Burl's 'Stonehenge', published in 2006, he writes: 'The Harroway led for miles ... Read More
Sometimes described as the 'oldest road in Britain', the Harrow Way ('Harroway', 'Old Way', 'hard' or 'old' road) is a trackway of great antiquity running east-west across southern England. My interest in its passage particularly across the Stonehenge landscape and environs was first aroused on ... Read More