Monument record MLI91063 - Pottergate

Summary

A possible Prehistoric and Roman routeway on the line of Pottergate Road

Type and Period (2)

  • (Roman to Modern - 43 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

A road or track along the crest of the limestone scarp south of Lincoln running to Ancaster. Certainly a medieval road and almost all the route is still used now. It was possibly a prehistoric trackway that was later used and adapted by the Romans. {1}{2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: MAY, J.. 1976. Prehistoric Lincolnshire. p.7.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: J.B. Whitwell. 1992. Roman Lincolnshire. p.45.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 96576 49539 (2484m by 12430m)
Civil Parish ANCASTER, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish FULBECK, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish LEADENHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish NORMANTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish WELBOURN, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish WELLINGORE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish CAYTHORPE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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