What Roman road ran from London to Weymouth, via Silchester, Old Sarum and Dorchester?
Ackling Dyke settlement. Apart from a section of the main Salisbury–Blandford road which follows its course, the road can mostly be followed along minor lanes and tracks. At Old Sarum the road connected with the Port Way to Silchester ("Calleva Atrebatum") and London; and from Badbury Rings roads led to the harbour at Hamworthy ("Moriconium") and to Dorchester ("Durnovaria"). Part of the road is on the Heritage at Risk Register because of the potential damage from arable ploughing. Ackling Dyke Ackling Dyke is a section of Roman road in England which runs for southwest from Old Sarum ("Sorviodunum") to the hill fort
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway WS&WR network, and in 1966 the Devizes branch, and many intermediate halts and small stations on the WS&WR lines closed too. General freight traffic to Weymouth was mostly diverted to the Bournemouth route, and in 1967–1968 singling was undertaken of the routes between Thingley Junction and Bradford Junction, and between Castle Cary and Dorchester. The main route from London to Weymouth was from Waterloo via Bournemouth and Dorchester South; from London to Bournemouth was electrified in 1967, with the trains running on with diesel haulage to Weymouth. The electrification, on the third rail direct current system, was extended to Weymouth