Sutton Cross lies in the East Midlands close to the line of Ermine Street, the major Roman road running north from London through Lincoln to York. The fort and associated enclosure here likely represent a relatively short-lived military installation of the conquest or early consolidation period (mid- to later 1st century AD), of a type used to police the road corridor and surrounding lowland landscape during the advance into the territory of the Corieltavi.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Sites of this kind formed part of the network of marching camps, vexillation forts and smaller installations strung along Ermine Street between the legionary bases at Lincoln (Lindum) and the developing civilian centres of the region, securing supply and communications during the northward expansion of Roman control. Sutton Cross is not among the better-known forts of the province and does not appear to have developed into a substantial vicus or later town.
Sutton Cross lies in the East Midlands close to the line of Ermine Street, the major Roman road running north from London through Lincoln to York. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roman fort and enclosure at Sutton Cross is classified as a Roman fort — 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.
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