Fascinating Cross-Section Shows Road’s 4,000-Year History via My Modern Met [Shared]

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Fascinating Cross-Section Shows Road’s 4,000-Year History via My Modern Met

The image shows a cross-sectional view of a road labeled "A Slice of the A303." The cross-section is divided into several distinct layers, each representing a different historical period and type of road. From top to bottom, the layers are labeled as follows: Modern 'A' Road, Turnpike Road, Medieval Cart Track, Roman Road, Bronze Age Trackway, Buried Turfline, and Natural Chalk. Each layer is visually distinct, with the Modern 'A' Road at the top appearing as a dark, compacted surface, and the Natural Chalk at the bottom appearing as a lighter, more porous layer. To the right of the cross-section, there are illustrations depicting the types of vehicles and activities associated with each layer, such as a modern car, a horse-drawn carriage, and Roman soldiers. The background of the image features a map-like pattern, providing context for the historical layers.</p> <p>Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

A stratified cross-section of a highway in the United Kingdom tells a fascinating history of the country. The image, which has been circulating online for several years, shows millennia of material from a Bronze Age trackway to modern asphalt. All the more interesting is the fact that the road represented is the A303, which runs through the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

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