Monument Number 1032108 |
| Hob Uid: 1032108 | |
Location :
Lincolnshire
East Lindsey, Lincoln, West Lindsey
Reepham, Newball, South Ormsby cum Ketsby, Barlings, Greetwell, Nettleham, Hemingby, South Thoresby, Tetford, Langton By Spilsby, Dalby, Brinkhill, Ulceby with Fordington, Orby, Skendleby, Rand, Welton Le Marsh, Goltho, Fulnetby, Hatton, Great Sturton, Sotby, Wragby, Bullington, Sudbrooke, East Barkwith, Belchford, Ranby, Burgh Le Marsh
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : TF0580075100 |
| Summary : Roman road running from Lincoln to Burgh-le-Marsh. Largely following modern roads. Extant portions of agger are visible as an earthwork 30 feet wide and from 2 to 4 feet high. The road can also be traced in parish boundaries and in hedgerows. |
More information : RR 27 Roman Road. Lincoln - Burgh-le-Marsh.
Leaving Lincoln by the Wragby Road the alignment is followed,
slightly east of north-east for six miles to Langworth, as a fine
raised road 3-4 feet high, accompanied by parish boundaries.
Just before the railway crossing is reached, the present road
diverges to the south and the alignment is marked by a hedgerow with
clear traces of the agger, running behind the houses to where a
stream crosses it. Just beyond this, the main road joins the
alignment as far as Bullington. The course is then doubtful for the
next three miles until near Wragby where a lane marks the start of a
new alignment, pointing south of east and designed to skirt the
southern edge of the Wolds. After a short interval a straight lane
running for two miles south of Panton marks it, showing in places an
agger 30 feet wide and up to 2 feet high. A divergence from the
alignment then occurs a little to the south, where an agger is
clearly visible in a green lane along a ridge. Beyond Sotby the
original alignment is resumed as a wide green lane, showing remains
of the agger, to near Belchford. At the end of the straight lane near
Belchford, hedgerows, a green lane and part of Tetford village
street mark it for three miles. Beyond Tetford Church no trace is
visible until about a half a mile from Ulceby Cross where a hedgerow
with a trace of agger marks the line on a new alignment directed
south-east to Burgh le Marsh. From the inn at Ulceby the present
straight road, generally raised 2-3 feet, represents it past
Skendleby. Where the modern road turns off, a lane continues on the
line with distinct traces of the agger, 30 feet wide and 1- 2 feet
high, passing the western edge of Welton High Wood. Beyond Candlesby
Hill a hedgerow on the same line marks it up to the east side of
Welton vicarage, but beyond this there is no trace until, on the
northern outskirts of Burgh-le-Marsh, the lane back to Orby marks the
line for half a mile. This is the last certain portion of the
alignment, which if continued beyond Burgh-le-Marsh would have
crossed the marshes to the coast, possibly to the south of Skegness.
Recent field work by the Ordnance Survey (c) has confirmed the course
at Langworth and between Tetford, Ulceby and Burgh-le-Marsh. (1)
Course of road from Lincoln to Burgh-le-Marsh perambulated. Extant
portions surveyed (2) at 25" scale - see TF 17 NW/29, TF 37 NW/28, TF
46 NE/26 and TF 47 SW/22 and annotations added to Map Strips in
Linear Archive File. (3)
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