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Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of East Bight is a scheduled ancient monument comprising part of the Roman fortified settlement at Caistor, Lincolnshire. The wall and associated defensive ditch date to the Roman period, forming part of the town's perimeter defences that would have protected the settlement during the later Roman occupation of Britain. The surviving section demonstrates the substantial stone construction typical of Romano-British urban fortifications, with the ditch providing additional defensive capability. Located to the north of East Bight, this monument represents an important surviving example of Roman military engineering in the East Midlands.
Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of East Bight is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005057. View the official record →
Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of East Bight is a scheduled ancient monument comprising part of the Roman fortified settlement at Caistor, Lincolnshire.
Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of East Bight is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman remains beneath Boots building (0.7 km), Roman wall, ditch and gate adjoining and under The Park (0.8 km), Grey Friars Museum, Broadgate (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of East Bight's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of East Bight stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.