List of Roman sites in Lincolnshire Facts for Kids

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

Settlements

Name	Roman Name	Type	Location	Notes
Alkborough	Aquis	Fortified Settlement	Alkborough
Ancaster	?	Fortified Settlement	Ancaster
Brant Broughton	Briga	Settlement	Brant Broughton
Broughton	Praetorium		Broughton
Caistor	?	Fortified Settlement	Caistor
Dragonby	?	Settlement	Dragonby
Great Casterton	?	Fortified Settlement	Great Casterton, Rutland	Though 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	?	Settlement	Hibaldstow
Horncastle	Bannovalum?	Fortified Settlement	Horncastle
Kirmington	?	Fortified Settlement	Kirmington	On site of earlier Iron Age fortified settlement.
Kirton in Lindsey	Inmedio	Settlement	Kirton in Lindsey
Lincoln	Lindum Colonia	Colonia/Legionary Fortress	Lincoln
Louth	Luda	Settlement	Louth
Ludford	?	Settlement	Ludford
Marton	?	Fort	Marton	On Till Bridge Lane next to its crossing of the River Trent.
Navenby	?	Settlement	Navenby	Sits upon Ermine Street. Evidence of Bronze and Iron Age activity.
Owmby	?	Settlement	Owmby
Saltersford	Causennis?	Settlement	Little Ponton and Stroxton
Sapperton	Causennis?	Fortified Settlement	Sapperton
Sleaford	Bannovalum?	Settlement	Sleaford
Stow	Sidnacester	Settlement	Stow
Tattershall	Drurobrivis	Settlement	Tattershall
Torksey	Tiovulfingacester	Settlement	Torksey
Wainfleet	Vainona	Settlement	Wainfleet
Ulceby Cross	?	Settlement	Ulceby
Willoughby	Verometum	Settlement	Willoughby
Winteringham	Ad Abum	Settlement	Winteringham

Other

Name	Roman Name	Type	Location	Dates	Notes
Barrs Farm Villa	?	Villa	Hemingby
Baths	?	Baths	Lincoln (Steep Hill/Danes Terrace)
Baumber Cursus	?	Cursus	Baumber		Possible Roman cursus
Bourne-Morton Canal	?	Canal	Between Bourne and Morton		Only traceable through crop-marks.
Car Dyke	?	Canal	Western Edge of The Fens		85 miles long
Castellum Aquæ	?	Water Tank	Lincoln (East Bight)
Denton Villa	?	Villa	Denton
East Gate	?	Gate	Lincoln (Eastgate)
Ermine Street	?	Road	Between London and York, via Stamford, Grantham, Ancaster, Lincoln, Scunthorpe
Forum	?	Forum	Lincoln (Bailgate)		Granite stones mark locations of the now subsurface columns.
Foss Dyke	?	Canal	Between Lincoln and Torksey	c.120AD
Fosse Way	?	Road	Between Exeter and Lincoln		230 miles in length
Glentworth Hall Villa	?	Villa	Glentworth
Gravel Pit Farm Villa	?	Villa	Kirton in Lindsey
Gravestone	?	Gravestone	Lincoln (St Mary le Wigford)		Reused by the Danes. Now set in the wall of the Norman tower.
Haceby Villa	?	Villa	Haceby
High Street	?	Road	Between Horncastle and Caistor, via Baumber. Possibly on to The Humber.		Ancient Ridgeway used and straightened by the Romans.
Horkstow Villa	?	Villa	Horkstow
King Street	?	Road	Between Peterborough and Ancaster via Bourne and Sapperton.
Kirmond le Mire Villa	?	Villa	Kirmond le Mire
Lady Well	?	Natural Spring	Ancaster		Reputedly the water-source for Roman Ancaster.
Lead Coffin	?	Coffin (Lead)	Baumber (Churchyard)		Found in Baumber churchyard in 1892.
Mareham Lane	?	Road	Between Bourne and Sleaford, and possibly on to Lincoln.
Mere Balk Lane	?	Road	Between Stixwould and Saltfleetby, via Hemingby and Tathwell.		Reputedly of Roman Origin due to its straightness.
Milestone	?	Milestone	Lincoln (St Mary's Guildhall)		First Milestone south of Roman Lincoln.
Mint Wall	?	Basicalla	Lincoln (West Bight)
Mount Pleasant Farm Villa	?	Villa	Kirton in Lindsey
Newport Arch	?	Gate	Lincoln	3rd Century	Reputedly the oldest arch in the United Kingdom still used by traffic
Norton Disney Villa	?	Villa	Norton Disney
Owmby	?	Settlement	Owmby
Posterngate	?	Gate	Lincoln (Saltersgate)		Under RBS Bank. Limited public access.
Riseholme Barrow	?	Burial Barrow	Riseholme	1st Century
Roxby Villa	?	Villa	Roxby
Scampton Villa	?	Villa	Scampton
South Gate (Upper)	?	Gate	Lincoln (Steep Hill)		Fragments between numbers 25 and 26, and within 44, Steep Hill.
St Paul in the Bail	?	Church	Lincoln (Bailgate)	4th Century
Stainby Villa	?	Villa	Stainby
Stoke Rochford Villa	?	Villa	Stoke Rochford		;
Sudbrooke Villa	?	Villa	Sudbrooke		Excavated since 2005
Till Bridge Lane	?	Road	Between Ermine Street north of Lincoln and York, via Doncaster, Castleford and Tadcaster.
Walesby Villa	?	Villa	Walesby
Wall	?	City Wall	Lincoln		Surviving fragments throughout the city.
Wall	?	Town Wall	Horncastle		Surviving fragments throughout the town.
Winterton Villa	?	Villa	Winterton
Well	?	Well	Lincoln (Bailgate)		Next to St Paul in the Bail, now covered with glass screen. In use until the 17th Century.
West Gate (Lower)	?	Gate	Lincoln (Orchard Street)	3rd Century
West Gate (Upper)	?	Gate	Lincoln (Westgate)		No remains currently visible.

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