The earliest example of Roman irrigation in Britain, dating back almost 2,000 years, has been discovered in Cambridge - and it may have been used to produce wine. A network of ditches and ridges was ...

The West Bank community of Battir, granted Unesco endangered World Heritage status yesterday, is famous for its Roman-era irrigation system that is under threat from the Israeli separation barrier.

One of the Roman irrigation ditches of Sierra Nevada. Credit: University of Granada For centuries, the canals of Sierra Nevada in southern Spain have been much more than simple irrigation ditches.

It is thought the beds would have been used to grow grapes or asparagus Excavations at a Cambridge University development have revealed what archaeologists believe is Britain's oldest-known Roman ...

From satellite images taken over a period of 26 years, a team at the UCO shows how a system of irrigation channels dating back to the Roman Empire increases the water content of the soil adjacent to ...

Excavations at a Cambridge University development have revealed what archaeologists believe is Britain's oldest-known Roman irrigation system. Planting beds and pit wells were unearthed at the North ...