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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. Ermine Street enters Northamptonshire from Huntingdonshire where the road crosses the River Nene north of the Roman Camp of Dvrobrivae near Water Orton. For most of its route through Northamptonshire, Ermine Street forms a track or footpath or, in places, can only be traced by cropmarks. It leaves Northamptonshire and enters Lincolnshire where the road crosses the River Welland near the site of St Michael's Nunnery, to the west of Stamford. The section of Ermine Street which passes through Burghley Park is mostly now a track or path. This section of Ermine Street is in the council area of Peterborough.

Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Northamptonshire
Division of County: Soke of Peterborough
Lat, Long: 52.631658,-0.442621
Grid Reference: TF 0550 0490
Civil Parish: Barnack CP
Council Area: Peterborough CA
Strategic Authority Area: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SA
Police Area: Cambridgeshire PA

GBPN ID: 319167
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Ermine_Street,_Northamptonshire_319167

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