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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. Ermine Street leaves Northamptonshire and enters Lincolnshire where the course of the road crosses the River Welland near the site of St Michael's Nunnery, to the west of Stamford. North of the river it passes along the road known as Water Furlong and, further north, Roman Bank, before being lost under modern housing and then eventually joining the B1081 and entering Rutland. This section of Ermine Street is within the council area of South Kesteven (Lincolnshire).

Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Lincolnshire
Division: Parts of Kesteven
Lat, Long: 52.648283,-0.488152
Grid Reference: TF023066
Police Area: Lincolnshire
Council Area: South Kesteven (Lincolnshire)
Civil Parish: Stamford CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 319168
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Ermine_Street,_Lincolnshire_319168

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