This site preserves a surviving section of the Roman defensive fosse (ditch) and rampart mound to the west of the Temple Gardens in Lincoln (Lindum Colonia). Despite the "Temple" designation in the record, the visible feature is part of the urban defences of the colonia, which were first laid out in the late 1st century AD around the legionary fortress, then extended and rebuilt in stone during the 2nd–4th centuries as Lincoln developed into one of the four coloniae of Roman Britain.
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Lincoln's defences enclosed both the upper colonia (the former legionary fortress site) and the lower walled town descending the hillside, making it among the most substantial urban fortifications in Roman Britain. Surviving sections of the rampart, like this one, are important for understanding the development of the colonia's circuit and its evolution from earthwork to stone wall.
Excavations along Lincoln's defensive circuit have generally revealed an initial timber-and-earth rampart with V-shaped ditch, later fronted by a stone wall with interval towers and monumental gates such as the Newport Arch. I have no specific excavation record for this particular stretch west of the Temple Gardens beyond its identification as a surviving earthwork element of that wider defensive system.
This site preserves a surviving section of the Roman defensive fosse (ditch) and rampart mound to the west of the Temple Gardens in Lincoln (Lindum Colonia). It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a temple site from the Roman period in Britain.
Portion of Roman fosse and mound W of the Temple Gardens is classified as a Roman temple — a religious 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.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Section of Roman town wall S of the Bishop's Palace (0.1 km), Lincoln Roman cemetery (0.1 km), Roman remains beneath Boots building (0.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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