List of Roman sites in Lincolnshire explained

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

Settlements

NameRoman NameTypeLocationCoordinatesDatesNotesImage
AlkboroughAquisFortified SettlementAlkborough
Ancaster?Fortified SettlementAncaster
Brant BroughtonBrigaSettlementBrant Broughton
BroughtonPraetoriumBroughton
Caistor?Fortified SettlementCaistor
Dragonby?SettlementDragonby
Great 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?SettlementHibaldstow
HorncastleBannovalum?Fortified SettlementHorncastle
Kirmington?Fortified SettlementKirmingtonOn site of earlier Iron Age fortified settlement.
Kirton in LindseyInmedioSettlementKirton in Lindsey
LincolnLindum ColoniaColonia/Legionary FortressLincoln
LouthLudaSettlementLouth
Ludford?SettlementLudford
Marton?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?SettlementOwmby
SaltersfordCausennis?SettlementLittle Ponton and Stroxton
SappertonCausennis?Fortified SettlementSapperton
SleafordBannovalum?SettlementSleaford
StowSidnacesterSettlementStow
TattershallDrurobrivisSettlementTattershall
TorkseyTiovulfingacesterSettlementTorksey
WainfleetVainonaSettlementWainfleet
Ulceby Cross?SettlementUlceby
WilloughbyVerometumSettlementWilloughby
WinteringhamAd AbumSettlementWinteringham

Other

NameRoman NameTypeLocationCoordinatesDatesNotesImage
Barrs Farm Villa?VillaHemingby
Baths?BathsLincoln (Steep Hill/Danes Terrace)
Baumber Cursus?CursusBaumberPossible Roman cursus
Bourne-Morton Canal?CanalBetween Bourne and MortonOnly traceable through crop-marks.
Car Dyke?CanalWestern Edge of The Fens85 miles long
Castellum Aquæ?Water TankLincoln (East Bight)
Denton Villa?VillaDenton
East Gate?GateLincoln (Eastgate)
Ermine Street?RoadBetween London and York, via Stamford, Grantham, Ancaster, Lincoln, Scunthorpe
Forum?ForumLincoln (Bailgate)Granite stones mark locations of the now subsurface columns.
Foss Dyke?CanalBetween Lincoln and Torkseyc.120AD
Fosse Way?RoadBetween Exeter and Lincoln230 miles in length
Glentworth Hall Villa?VillaGlentworth
Gravel Pit Farm Villa?VillaKirton in Lindsey
Gravestone ?GravestoneLincoln (St Mary le Wigford)Reused by the Danes. Now set in the wall of the Norman tower.
Haceby Villa?VillaHaceby
High Street?RoadBetween Horncastle and Caistor, via Baumber. Possibly on to The Humber.Ancient Ridgeway used and straightened by the Romans.
Horkstow Villa?VillaHorkstow
King Street?RoadBetween Peterborough and Ancaster via Bourne and Sapperton.
Kirmond le Mire Villa?VillaKirmond le Mire
Lady 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 Lindsey
Newport Arch?GateLincoln3rd centuryReputedly the oldest arch in the United Kingdom still used by traffic
Norton Disney Villa?VillaNorton Disney
Owmby?SettlementOwmby
Posterngate?GateLincoln (Saltersgate)Under RBS Bank. Limited public access.
Riseholme Barrow?Burial BarrowRiseholme1st century
Roxby Villa?VillaRoxby
Scampton Villa?VillaScampton
South Gate (Upper)?GateLincoln (Steep Hill)Fragments between numbers 25 and 26, and within 44, Steep Hill.
St Paul in the Bail?ChurchLincoln (Bailgate)4th century
Stainby Villa?VillaStainby
Stoke Rochford Villa?VillaStoke Rochford
Sudbrooke Villa?VillaSudbrookeExcavated since 2005[1]
Till Bridge Lane?RoadBetween Ermine Street north of Lincoln and York, via Doncaster, Castleford and Tadcaster.
Walesby Villa?VillaWalesby
Wall?City WallLincolnSurviving fragments throughout the city.
Wall?Town WallHorncastleSurviving fragments throughout the town.
Winterton Villa?VillaWinterton
Well?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 century
West Gate (Upper)?GateLincoln (Westgate)No remains currently visible.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bishopg.ac.uk/docs/Arch%2520Field%2520Trips/SudbrookeExcavationInterimReport2006.pdf Interim Report on Archaeological Excavations at Sudbrooke (Roman Villa) Lincolnshire July–August 2006, retrieved 30 May 2012