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Changes in the direction of Roman roads often occurred at hilltops where it was easy to layout a straight road to the next natural obstacle. The hilltop beside the motorway seemed a reasonable place for a change in direction, perhaps more northward, toward Dalserf for example. After considerable looking, a plausible route in that direction was not found. So possibly the route continued straight along the 61° map bearing that had been followed from before the Cander crossing. About a half mile eastward along that line there is segment of man-made drainage ditch that for a couple hundred yards is straight and perfectly aligned with the 61° bearing line previously followed. It was clearly dug to drain boggy land. It is plainly shown in the same position on the 150-year-old map. In this picture that drainage channel is on the left. It is possible that it was a drainage ditch beside a Roman road. But that theory only becomes plausible if further evidence is found.