Further down the slope there is a row of trees on both sides and the surface is below the level of the land on each side. It looks like a man-made cut to retain the constant descending gradient.
One wonders whether it would have been important enough for an eighteenth century farm to invest that much work to ensure that the driveway descended from the road on a constant gradient. Or was the work done by Roman soldiers who weren't pursuing rebelling natives, so they were put to work ensuring that the road could accommodate heavily loaded supply wagons?
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