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Section of Roman town wall S of the Bishop's Palace is a surviving fragment of the Roman defensive circuit that enclosed the upper town of Lincoln (Lindum Colonia). The wall, which dates to the later Roman period, represents part of the substantial stone fortification that protected this important Roman settlement in the second and subsequent centuries AD. The preserved section demonstrates the solid construction typical of Romano-British urban defences, built from mortared masonry. Its survival in the immediate vicinity of the medieval Bishop's Palace indicates the wall's longevity as a landscape feature, with later medieval development incorporating or respecting the line of the Roman structure.
Section of Roman town wall S of the Bishop's Palace is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005059. View the official record →
Section of Roman town wall S of the Bishop's Palace is a surviving fragment of the Roman defensive circuit that enclosed the upper town of Lincoln (Lindum Colonia). It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005059.
Section of Roman town wall S of the Bishop's Palace 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 1005059.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman remains beneath Boots building (0.4 km), Grey Friars Museum, Broadgate (0.4 km), Roman and medieval town wall with gate in Saltergate (0.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Section of Roman town wall S of the Bishop's Palace'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 S of the Bishop's Palace stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.