This site preserves a stretch of the Roman and medieval town wall of Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) along Saltergate, marking the southern circuit of the lower walled town. Originally constructed in the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD when the colonia expanded down the hillside from the original legionary fortress on the hilltop, the wall enclosed approximately 41 hectares and incorporated monumental gates, including one on this southern line. It remained in use and was repeatedly refurbished through the medieval period.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
As part of the defences of one of the four coloniae of Roman Britain, the Saltergate stretch represents the formal southward extension of Lindum, reflecting the city's growth as a major civic, commercial and administrative centre serving the lower Witham valley and the Fosse Way corridor.
Excavations along Saltergate in the 1970s and later have revealed the Roman wall foundations, ditch sequences, and traces of an interval tower and a southern gate, together with substantial medieval rebuilding in limestone. Stratified deposits have also produced evidence of intramural occupation and the silting and recutting of the city ditch over successive centuries.
This site preserves a stretch of the Roman and medieval town wall of Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) along Saltergate, marking the southern circuit of the lower walled town. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a city wall site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roman and medieval town wall with gate in Saltergate is classified as a Roman city wall — a military 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 Roman remains beneath Boots building (0.2 km), Lincoln Roman cemetery (0.3 km), Roman wall, ditch and gate adjoining and under The Park (0.4 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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