Crossing the escarpment is Blackstone Edge Long Causeway, also known as Blackstone Edge Roman Road, a partially paved road on the Greater Manchester side, becoming a holloway through peat as it runs into Yorkshire.

This section of a Roman road belongs to an artery which ran from the fort and settlement of Manchester (Mamucium) in the south to a small fort at Ilkley (Verbeia) in the north. This preserved surface is in outstanding condition. It consists of accurately cut cobbles set close to each other.

Maxim always referred to the Blackstone Edge "Roman" road as the Blackstone Edge Long Causeway. He points out that prior to 1735 the road was always described as "narrow" and …

Dec 7, 2014 · Blackstone Edge ‘Roman Road’ is a cobbled ‘road’ surface traversing the bleak moorland for about 2 miles or so along Blackstone Edge on the Lancashire-West Yorkshire border. The road has a deep groove running down the centre. It is a Scheduled monument initially thought to be of Roman Origin.

Dec 26, 2023 · Crossing the escarpment is Blackstone Edge Long Causeway, also known as Blackstone Edge Roman Road, a partially paved road on the Greater Manchester side, becoming a holloway through peat as it runs into Yorkshire. It was championed in the 1920s by the legendary Professor Ian Richmond as Roman.

May 6, 2016 · Blackstone Edge Long Causeway also known as Blackstone Edge Roman is a cobbled ‘road’ surface crossing the bleak moorland for about 2 miles along Blackstone Edge on the Lancashire-West Yorkshire border.

Aug 27, 2020 · When this track was known as a Roman Road it was thought to a roman marker but is more likely to be much later yet still over 600 years old. It stands as a marker on the old Lancashire/Yorkshire boundary and possibly medieval in time.

May 6, 2013 · This well-defined and quite well-preserved stretch of Roman road going up over Blackstone Edge can be reached on foot, of course, from the A58 and after about half a mile the Aiggin Stone can be seen at the side of the Roman road.

Blackstone Edge is now known as a landmark on the Pennine Way long-distance footpath, which passes along the top of the outcrop from Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District to Kirk...

Blackstone edge is a dramatic escarpment of dark gritstone rock with panoramic views of the valleys below. Part of the Pennine Way, it is a unique paved ancient trackway originating from Roman times.