This is a stretch of the defensive circuit of Lindum Colonia, originating as the legionary fortress of Legio IX Hispana (and later Legio II Adiutrix) c. AD 60–78, before being refounded as a colonia for veterans c. AD 90. The earth-and-timber rampart of the fortress was rebuilt in stone, probably in the early–mid 2nd century, with the wall heightened and the ditch system enlarged into the late Roman period (3rd–4th century) as the upper colonia was maintained as a defended urban core.
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Lincoln was one of only four coloniae in Britain, and its walls — enclosing both the original hilltop circuit and a southern extension down the slope to the Witham — marked it as an administrative and economic centre of the civitas and a key node on Ermine Street. The north-eastern stretch is significant because the curtain here was kept in repair into the late Roman period and influenced the alignment of the medieval city defences.
Excavations along the eastern defences (notably work in the 1960s–80s associated with the Lincoln Archaeological Trust, including investigations near the East Gate and Eastgate Hotel) have revealed the legionary turf rampart, the mas
This is a stretch of the defensive circuit of Lindum Colonia, originating as the legionary fortress of Legio IX Hispana (and later Legio II Adiutrix) c. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a city wall site from the Roman period in Britain.
Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of Eastgate 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 Section of Roman town wall and ditch N of East Bight (0.1 km), North gate tower of Roman Eastgate, part of Lincoln Roman colonia (Lindum) and part of Roman town wall and ditch (0.1 km), Col. Lindum (0.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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