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Newport Arch

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Newport Arch is the remains of a 3rd century Roman gate. The arch was remodelled and enlarged when the city, then Lindum Colonia, became capital of the province Flavia Caesariensis in the 4th century. It is thought to be the only original Roman arch in the world still open to traffic. As the north gate of the city, it carried the major Roman road Ermine Street northward almost in a straight line to the Humber. From Romano-British Buildings and Earthworks by John Ward (1911): “A considerable portion of the north gate of Lincoln — the Newport Arch — is standing, but is buried to the extent of about 8 ft. in the soil and débris accumulated since Roman times. The structure is about 34 ft. deep and has a single passage for the road, 17 1/2 ft. wide. The inner or back portal of this passage is still intact, and is nearly 16 ft. in the clear and rises to a height of about 22 1/2 ft. above the Roman level. Its arch is of a single ring of large limestone voussoirs rising from imposts which appe...
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Where are the Roman sites in Lincoln?

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