I need some history help please, based on roads in Britain?

Question: I need some history help please, based on roads in Britain!?

hiya! i need some help on this question:

1)!. What is the name of Britain's oldest of Britain and when does it date from!?

2)!. Where does the word "tarmac" come from!? Does it come fom another language!?

And that is it really!. These are the only questions that i need help on!. Thank you!.
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Q1!.
The Oldest Road in Britain

c!.800BCE at least: The Icknield Way, Britain’s oldest road!.

The Icknield Way is unique among long distance tracks because it can claim to be “the oldest road in Britain”!. Extending from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Norfolk, it consists of prehistoric pathways, ancient when the Romans came!. Dotted with archaeological remains, it survives as splendid tracks and green lanes along the chalk “spine” of England!. The Icknield Way Association looks after the interests of the route as a whole, monitoring any actions that may threaten its integrity and urging improvements to the route for walkers!.

Q2!. Re tarmac!.
Shortened form of tarmacadam, tar + macadam (crushed stones)!.

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The Ridgeway, Avebury to Aylesbury, and the Sweet Track in the Somerset Levels compete for the oldest road at about 6,000 years old!. Other old roads and tracks exist but it is difficult to date them except by dropped personal items or dendrochronology on any wood used!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the ridgeway is claimed to be britains oldest road, dating back from 20 000 BC!

i know that the person who invented tarmac was called John Loudon McAdam, and tarmac is a short way of saying Tarmacadam, so it probably ame from his name!.

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there are Roman roads where I live in Lancashire, north west england!. They are sooo hilly, its hard to do the gears uphill all the time!. thats why i failed soooo many driving tests!. just thoiught you might like to expand your knowledge on that!. Roman rds are called that coz the romans built them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i tink u mean oldest rd the oldest trakway is in cumbria it predates the romans as the watling st crosses it bin there & dug it up! TARMAC is named after its scot inventor!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Tarmac comes from a Scottish inventor called McAdam, who devised the solution for the problems involved in making roads more durable!.
Britains oldest of Britain does not make sense!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Tarmac is named after John Louden Macadam who invented it in the early 1800s primarily for use for roads for horse and carraige traffic but had to be improved when motorised vehicles became more abundant!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

watling st is a roman rd it is now the A5
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the Foss-way and Wattling street are both Roman roads
stretching from London to Adriaens wall I believeWww@QuestionHome@Com

tarmac is short for tarmacadam,which I think is the name of its inventorWww@QuestionHome@Com

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The word 'tarmac' comes from the Scottish guy who invented/discovered it - his name was Macadam (think that's the spelling or McAdam) - 'tarmac' is a mix of tar and small stones = tar Macadam = tarmac!.

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Not sure exactly what your question is asking!.

The oldest surviving roads of Britain are the Bronze Age roads, one of which is at Woodhenge on Salisbury Plain!.

The next and best surviving ancient roads of Britain are the Roman roads!.

Romans in Britain - Roman roads
The Roman roads in Britain!. The is no doubt that one of the greatest achievements
the Romans brought to Britain was the construction of the network of roads !.!.!.
http://www!.romans-in-britain!.org!.uk/inv_!.!.!. - Cached

Romans in Britain - The Romans roads of Britain
The Romans roads of Britain!. !.!.!. Celtic head!. The Romans in Britain The Romans
roads of Britain!. Roman guards!. Close this window · Close this window !.!.!.
http://www!.romans-in-britain!.org!.uk/map_!.!.!. - Cached

Roman roads in Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article focuses on the c!.2000 miles of Roman roads in Britain shown on the
Ordnance Survey's Map of Roman Britain [1]!. This contains the most accurate !.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Roman_roads!.!.!. - Cached

Roman roads in Britain
Roman Britain and Roman roads!. How and why did the Romans build their roads in
Britain!? Where to see the best examples today!.
http://www!.britainexpress!.com/History/Ro!.!.!.

There are actually more miles of Roman roads in Britain today than there are of Motor Ways - we're still trying catch up with the Romans!.Www@QuestionHome@Com