People are invited to join a mission to discover the secrets of England’s highest Roman road, High Street on Bampton Common on the eastern Lake District fells.

The 2,000 year-old road linked to Roman forts at Penrith, to the north and Ambleside to the south, explans Eleanor Kingston from the Lake District national Park Authority who is leading the work.

It is part of a three-year, £3 million project, Our upland Commons, helping to secure the future of upland commons in England, led by the Foundation for Common Land. And made possible by grants from The National Lottery heritage Fund, Esmee Fairbairn and Garfield Weston Foundations and local funders.

“Roman roads were the arteries of the empire, connecting communities, cities, provinces and forts”, says Eleanor.