List of Roman sites in Lincolnshire

This is a list of all known Roman sites within the county of Lincolnshire.

Settlements NameRoman NameTypeLocationCoordinatesDatesNotesImageAlkboroughAquisFortified SettlementAlkboroughAncaster?Fortified SettlementAncasterBrant BroughtonBrigaSettlementBrant BroughtonBroughtonPraetoriumBroughtonCaistor?Fortified SettlementCaistorDragonby?SettlementDragonbyGreat Casterton?Fortified SettlementGreat Casterton, RutlandThough the settlement is in Rutland, it is also the location where Ermine Street crossed the River Gwash close to the modern boundary between Rutland and Lincolnshire.Hibaldstow?SettlementHibaldstowHorncastleBannovalum?Fortified SettlementHorncastleKirmington?Fortified SettlementKirmingtonOn site of earlier Iron Age fortified settlement.Kirton in LindseyInmedioSettlementKirton in LindseyLincolnLindum ColoniaColonia/Legionary FortressLincolnLouthLudaSettlementLouthLudford?SettlementLudfordMarton?FortMartonOn Till Bridge Lane next to its crossing of the River Trent.Navenby?SettlementNavenbySits upon Ermine Street. Evidence of Bronze and Iron Age activity.Owmby?SettlementOwmbySaltersfordCausennis?SettlementLittle Ponton and StroxtonSappertonCausennis?Fortified SettlementSappertonSleafordBannovalum?SettlementSleafordStowSidnacesterSettlementStowTattershallDrurobrivisSettlementTattershallTorkseyTiovulfingacesterSettlementTorkseyWainfleetVainonaSettlementWainfleetUlceby Cross?SettlementUlcebyWilloughbyVerometumSettlementWilloughbyWinteringhamAd AbumSettlementWinteringham

Other NameRoman NameTypeLocationCoordinatesDatesNotesImageBarrs Farm Villa?VillaHemingbyBaths?BathsLincoln (Steep Hill/Danes Terrace)Baumber Cursus?CursusBaumberPossible Roman cursusBourne-Morton Canal?CanalBetween Bourne and MortonOnly traceable through crop-marks.Car Dyke?CanalWestern Edge of The Fens85 miles longCastellum Aquæ?Water TankLincoln (East Bight)Denton Villa?VillaDentonEast Gate?GateLincoln (Eastgate)Ermine Street?RoadBetween London and York, via Stamford, Grantham, Ancaster, Lincoln, ScunthorpeForum?ForumLincoln (Bailgate)Granite stones mark locations of the now subsurface columns. Foss Dyke?CanalBetween Lincoln and Torkseyc.120ADFosse Way?RoadBetween Exeter and Lincoln230 miles in lengthGlentworth Hall Villa?VillaGlentworthGravel Pit Farm Villa?VillaKirton in LindseyGravestone ?GravestoneLincoln (St Mary le Wigford)Reused by the Danes. Now set in the wall of the Norman tower.Haceby Villa?VillaHacebyHigh Street?RoadBetween Horncastle and Caistor, via Baumber. Possibly on to The Humber.Ancient Ridgeway used and straightened by the Romans.Horkstow Villa?VillaHorkstowKing Street?RoadBetween Peterborough and Ancaster via Bourne and Sapperton.Kirmond le Mire Villa?VillaKirmond le MireLady Well?Natural SpringAncasterReputedly the water-source for Roman Ancaster.Lead Coffin?Coffin (Lead)Baumber (Churchyard)Found in Baumber churchyard in 1892.Mareham Lane?RoadBetween Bourne and Sleaford, and possibly on to Lincoln.Mere Balk Lane?RoadBetween Stixwould and Saltfleetby, via Hemingby and Tathwell.Reputedly of Roman Origin due to its straightness.Milestone?MilestoneLincoln (St Mary's Guildhall)First Milestone south of Roman Lincoln.Mint Wall?BasicallaLincoln (West Bight)Mount Pleasant Farm Villa?VillaKirton in LindseyNewport Arch?GateLincoln3rd centuryReputedly the oldest arch in the United Kingdom still used by trafficNorton Disney Villa?VillaNorton DisneyOwmby?SettlementOwmbyPosterngate?GateLincoln (Saltersgate)Under RBS Bank. Limited public access.Riseholme Barrow?Burial BarrowRiseholme1st centuryRoxby Villa?VillaRoxbyScampton Villa?VillaScamptonSouth Gate (Upper)?GateLincoln (Steep Hill)Fragments between numbers 25 and 26, and within 44, Steep Hill.St Paul in the Bail?ChurchLincoln (Bailgate)4th centuryStainby Villa?VillaStainbyStoke Rochford Villa?VillaStoke Rochford; Sudbrooke Villa?VillaSudbrookeExcavated since 2005Interim Report on Archaeological Excavations at Sudbrooke (Roman Villa) Lincolnshire July–August 2006, retrieved 30 May 2012Till Bridge Lane?RoadBetween Ermine Street north of Lincoln and York, via Doncaster, Castleford and Tadcaster.Walesby Villa?VillaWalesbyWall?City WallLincolnSurviving fragments throughout the city.Wall?Town WallHorncastleSurviving fragments throughout the town.Winterton Villa?VillaWintertonWell?WellLincoln (Bailgate)Next to St Paul in the Bail, now covered with glass screen. In use until the 17th century.West Gate (Lower)?GateLincoln (Orchard Street)3rd centuryWest Gate (Upper)?GateLincoln (Westgate)No remains currently visible.

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