Crococalana was a small roadside town in Nottinghamshire, located at modern Brough (Collingham), on Ermine Street roughly midway between Margidunum and Lindum (Lincoln). It originated as a mid-1st century AD military post established during the early Roman advance, with the civilian settlement developing alongside the road from the later 1st century and continuing into the 4th century.
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Listed in the Antonine Itinerary (Iter V and VI) and the Ravenna Cosmography, it functioned as a minor posting station and local market on the major arterial route to Lincoln, serving travellers, regional agriculture, and probably the legionary fortress and colonia at Lindum. It was not a major administrative centre but formed one link in the densely spaced chain of small towns along Ermine Street.
Aerial photography, geophysics, and small-scale excavation have identified a linear settlement strung along Ermine Street with enclosures, ditched plots, timber and stone buildings, two probable cemeteries, and evidence for a small defended core with ditches enclosing an area of roughly 7–8 hectares. Finds include pottery, coins, and metalwork typical of a romanised small town, though no large public buildings have been confirmed and the site remains less extensively excavated than comparable Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire small towns such as Ancaster or Margidunum.
Crococalana was a small roadside town in Nottinghamshire, located at modern Brough (Collingham), on Ermine Street roughly midway between Margidunum and Lindum (Lincoln). It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Crococalana Roman town is classified as a Roman settlement — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
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