Director Tim Malim said the age of the find suggested its construction was not a result of Roman influence.

BBC: Iron Age road found in Shropshire by archaeologists

Mr Malim's team believe it may have connected the Wrekin, the capital of the Cornovian tribe, with a hill fort near Oswestry.

BBC: Iron Age road found in Shropshire by archaeologists

"It could well indicate that Iron Age Britons were sophisticated road engineers in their own right and had developed the technological expertise to build sophisticated all-weather roadways for wheeled traffic, " Mr Malim said.

BBC: Iron Age road found in Shropshire by archaeologists