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Ermine Street is a Roman road stretching from Bishopsgate, London to York and passing through Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. It was built during the first three decades following the invasion of AD 43, though much of it may have been along existing routeways. Much of the route is still followed by roads today – elsewhere it is often visible in the form of tracks, crop marks or boundaries. A short stretch of Ermine Street passes though Lincolnshire, between Northamptonshire and Rutland, to the west of Stamford. Ermine Street then re-enters Lincolnshire from Rutland, as part of the modern-day A1 (aka The Great North Road), to the east of South Witham. Its route goes north to Lincoln, mainly on minor roads and trackways, and then north from Lincoln mainly as part of the modern-day A15. From Broughton it heads north as unclassified and minor roads to Winteringham. Roman Winteringham was the terminal for the ferry to Petuaria (Brough) on the north shore of the Humber. The section of Ermine Street near Boothby Graffoe (alternatively known as High Dike) forms a trackway. This section of Ermine Street is within the council area of North Kesteven (Lincolnshire).

Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Lincolnshire
Division of County: Parts of Kesteven
Lat, Long: 53.122471,-0.52106424
Grid Reference: SK 9906 5938
Civil Parish: Boothby Graffoe CP
Council Area: North Kesteven CA (Lincolnshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Greater Lincolnshire SA
Police Area: Lincolnshire PA

GBPN ID: 301733
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Ermine_Street,_Lincolnshire_301733

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