Dorchester: How did a 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct grow by 2km?

Archaeologists have 'conclusively mapped' the source of the Dorchester aqueduct for the first time.

Archaeologists have discovered one of the longest and most studied aqueducts in the country is actually even longer than originally thought.

“Despite extensive examinations in the 1990’s, the source of its water and the upper sections of its course have never been conclusively mapped, until now.” Mr Manley began his research by studying publicly available lidar data, where 3D maps of terrain are created using a laser beamed from a plane. He said: “The geophysical survey revealed signs of a narrow channel running northwest to southeast. This matched up with my findings from the lidar data, so it seemed like the smoking gun that proved the aqueduct ran through the area.”

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