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Description: | POSSIBLE ROUTE OF PART OF A ROMAN ROAD, RAND SHOWN ON OS 1:10000 SERIES. {1} THIS IS PART OF THE LINCOLN TO BURGH LE MARSH ROUTE AS IDENTIFIED BY MARGARY. IT STANDS 0.6M HIGH AND 250M LONG AS MAPPED. {2} THE MOST PLAUSIBLY SUGGESTED ALIGNMENT OF THE ROMAN ROAD FROM LINCOLN TO BURGH LE MARSH (MARGARY 27) PASSES ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE PARISH. AN EARTHWORK BANK, NOW LEVELLED, LYING IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE VILLAGE REMAINS IS SHOWN ON OS SHEETS AS ITS AGGER. THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR THIS IDENTIFICATION FROM ADJACENT FIELD NAMES AND AVAILABLE APs DO NOT ALLOW A FIRM JUDGEMENT. IT MAY NEVERTHELESS BE THAT THE PLACENAME 'RAND' REFLECTS THE SETTLEMENT'S LOCATION ON THE EDGE OR RIM (O.E. 'RAND') OF THIS ROAD OR ALLUDES IN WHAT EMERGES AS BECOMES A LATER DIALECT SENSE TO THE STRIP OF LAND SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE STREAM TO ITS NORTH. {3}~ | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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