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The road joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis south of Leicester, and joined Ermine Street at Lincoln.. The Antonine Itinerary (a 2nd-century Roman register of roads) includes the section between High Cross and Lincoln, and lists intermediate points at Verometo (Willoughby on the Wolds), Margiduno (Castle Hill near Bingham), Ad Pontem and ...
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2016) This is a list of all known Roman sites within the county of Lincolnshire. Settlements Name Roman Name Type Location Coordinates Dates Notes Image Alkborough Aquis Fortified Settlement Alkborough Ancaster ? Fortified Settlement Ancaster Brant Broughton Briga Settlement Brant Broughton Broughton Praetorium Broughton ...
Roman Britain military infrastructure in 68 AD A Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle, 3rd century. Dubris was the starting point of Watling Street to London and Wroxeter. The earliest roads, built in the first phase of Roman occupation (the Julio-Claudian period, AD 43–68), connected London with the ports used in the invasion (Chichester and Richborough), and with the earlier legionary bases at ...
At Glevum it connected to the road to Isca , the legionary base in southeast Wales. At Corinium it connected to the Fosse Way between Isca ( Exeter ) and Lindum ( Lincoln ). At Calleva it connected to the Devil's Highway to Londinium (London) and the Kentish ports, as well as to other routes to points in the southwest.
The Roman Newport Arch in Lincoln. Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) and York ().The Old English name was Earninga Strǣt (1012), named after a tribe called the Earningas, who inhabited a district later known as Armingford Hundred, around Arrington, Cambridgeshire, and Royston, Hertfordshire. [1] "
The road dates back almost 2,000 years and the cottage’s residents had no idea it was there until approached by an archaeologist who organised a dig. Ancient Roman road used by key historical ...
Lincoln (Lindum Colonia), important Roman Colonia and capital of the province of Flavia Caesariensis; Bourne-Morton Canal (visible only as alignment and crop marks) Caistor, Roman town and fort. Car Dyke; Foss Dyke, Roman canal between Lincoln and the River Trent; Horncastle, Roman town and fort. Parts of the Roman walls remain. Newport Arch ...
A local of the area, the long, straight road had always lured Merrony into wondering if it was a Roman road. He investigated satellite imagery and set his sights on a large, overgrown field to see ...