Ancaster (Roman town)
Ancaster was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. It is sited on the Roman road known as the Ermine Street and is situated in the county of Lincolnshire. Its name in Latin is unknown, although it has traditionally been identified with Causennis or Causennæ, a name which occurs as a town on the route of Iter V recorded in the Antonine Itinerary.[1] Rivet and Smith questioned this identification in 1979, and suggested that a more likely identification would be either the Roman settlement at Salters ford, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, or at Sapperton in Lincolnshire.[2]
Town development
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Time Team excavation
A dig by archaeological television programme Time Team in 2001 revealed a cist burial partly constructed with a re-used inscription to the god Viridios. The dig also uncovered Iron Age to 3rd-century pottery, a 1st-century brooch and some of the Roman town wall.
References
- ^ a b "Description of town". English Heritage. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ A.L.F. Rivet and C. Smith (1979), The Place-Names of Roman Britain, pp. 164 & 305
- ^ "Description of marching camp". English Heritage. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- Trollope, Edward (1870). "Ancaster, the Roman Causennæ". The Archaeological Journal. 27: 1–15.
- Todd, Malcolm (1981). The Roman Town at Ancaster. University of Nottingham. ISBN 0-9507613-0-3.
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