That's very interesting. Pl tell us all when the paper is published..
Maybe Romans like magpies and built their roads near them.
Trevor
At 10:57 01/06/2009, Keith Briggs wrote:
>I've already refined that analysis and can now say that half of all
>points in England are within 2.5km of a Roman road. I have a
>forthcoming paper on this. However, we want the magpies to be sitting
>right on a road!
>Keith
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Of Trevor Ogden
>Sent: 01 June 2009 10:47
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>Subject: Re: Pye & Poy
>
>I read somewhere that "half of all points in England are within 3.5km of
>a Roman road, and so being 3.5km or less from a Roman road should not be
>considered unusual. " Must have been at
>http://keithbriggs.info/distance_to_roman_roads.html . Looks like a
>case for SuperBriggs to apply some real analysis!
>
>Trevor
>
>At 09:45 01/06/2009, you wrote:
> > > Could some of these names refer to the presence of magpies?
> >
> >For the Pye names this is a possibility. But why do magpies prefer
> >Roman roads?
> >
> >Keith
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