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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 ...
The Romans established permanent government in Lincolnshire soon after their invasion of AD 43. The tyrannical rule of the Roman sub-prætor Ostorius Scapula so inflamed the Corieltauvi and their neighbours in Yorkshire, the Brigantes, that the two peoples conducted a simmering, low-key rebellion lasting well into AD 70.
Pages in category "Roman sites in Lincolnshire" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The name is a Latinized form of a native Brittonic name which has been reconstructed as *Lindon (lit. "pool" or "lake"; cf. modern Welsh llyn). [6] The primary evidence that modern Lincoln was referred to as Lindum comes from Ptolemy's Geography, which was compiled in about 150 AD, where Lindum is referred to as a polis or town within the tribal area of the Corieltauvi.
[6] During the Romano-British period, the Romans built a roadside settlement on the site of a "Corieltauvi" settlement. It was traditionally thought to have been named "Causennis," although that is now believed to be Saltersford near Grantham. Ancaster lies on Ermine Street, the major Roman road heading north from London.
1.19 Lincolnshire. 1.20 London. 1.21 Norfolk. 1.22 Northamptonshire. ... Binchester Roman Fort, (called Vinovia by the Romans), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland;
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The outer or front arch has long since disappeared. On the east side is a postern for pedestrians, 7 ft (2.1 m). wide and contracting to about 5 ft (1.5 m). at the north end, and 15 ft (4.6 m). high from the Roman level. On the west side there was a similar postern about a century ago.