The mutatio, on Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester, would have provided a place for travellers to rest or change horses
At Gloucester services on the M5, travellers are resting and refuelling, taking a break from the demands of the road.
Just a few miles east, scores of archaeologists are completing a two-year project that has unearthed a forerunner of the site, a 2,000-year-old Roman take on the service station.
For more details, visit: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/16/archaeologists-uncover-roman-service-station-during-roadworks-in-gloucester