The Roman remains beneath the former Boots building lie within the walled lower city of Lindum Colonia (Lincoln), the colonia founded c. AD 90s on the site of the earlier legionary fortress. This area, south of the steep hillside and within the southern extension of the walled town, was part of the densely occupied commercial and residential lower colonia that developed through the 2nd–4th centuries AD.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Lincoln was one of only four coloniae in Roman Britain and a provincial capital of Britannia Secunda in the later period; the lower city contained much of its commercial life, including frontages along the main north–south street (Ermine Street) leading to the river crossing at Brayford Pool.
The Roman remains beneath the former Boots building lie within the walled lower city of Lindum Colonia (Lincoln), the colonia founded c. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a site site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roman remains beneath Boots building is classified as a Roman site — 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.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Roman and medieval town wall with gate in Saltergate (0.2 km), Roman wall, ditch and gate adjoining and under The Park (0.3 km), Lincoln Roman cemetery (0.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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