Ancaster, Lincolnshire
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Ancaster is a village in Lincolnshire.
History
During the Romano-British period, the Romans built a roadside settlement on the site of a Coritani settlement and named it Causennae, long associated with Ancaster. Ancaster lies on Ermine Street, a major Roman road heading north from London. To the north-west of Ancaster is a Roman marching camp and some fourth century Roman earthworks are still visible. Excavations have found a cemetery containing more than 250 Roman burials, including 11 stone sarcophagi.
A Time Team excavation in 2002 revealed a cist bearing an inscription to the God Viridius. The dig also uncovered Iron age to 3rd century pottery, a 1st century brooch and some of the Roman town wall.
Today, Ancaster lies on the junction of Ermine Street, (now the B6403), and the A153 between Sleaford and Grantham.
See also
External links
- Ancaster is located at (52.9833, -0.5333)1.
- Grid reference Get-a-Map from Ordnance Survey
- [Location map of Ancaster]
- [Arial View of Ancaster]
- [Lincolnshire Heritage site on Ancaster]
- [Lincolnshire County Council]
- [Time Team at Ancaster]
- [Ancaster historical summary (UK & Ireland Genealogy site)]
- [Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopaedia of Classical Sites, 1976:] "Ancaster (Causennae), Lincolnshire, England"
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