Dere Street

Dere Street
Roman Road
Map of northern Roman Britain
Route of Dere Street
Route information
Length226 mi (364 km)
[146 mi or 235 km Eboracum to Trimontium; 80 mi or 129 km Trimontium to Veluniate]
Time periodRoman Britain
Saxon Britain
Norman Britain
Margary number8
Major junctions
FromEboracum
Major intersectionsIsurium, Cataractonium, Morbium, Vinovium, Longovicium, Vindomora, Coria, Onnum, Habitancum, Bremenium, Trimontium, Inveresk, Cramond
ToVeluniate
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Road network

Dere Street or Deere Street is a modern designation of a Roman road which ran north from Eboracum (York), crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge (Hadrian's Wall was crossed at the Portgate, just to the north) and continuing beyond into what is now Scotland, later at least as far as the Antonine Wall. It was the Romans' major route for communications and supplies to the north and to Scotland. Portions of its route are still followed by modern roads, including the A1(M) (south of the River Tees), the B6275 road through Piercebridge, where Dere Street crosses the River Tees, and the A68 north of Corbridge in Northumberland.