Fosse Way

E37684

Roman road ancient road

Fosse Way is an ancient Roman road in Britain that ran diagonally across the country, linking Exeter in the southwest to Lincoln in the northeast.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fosse Way canonical	8
Fosse Way (via connecting roads)	1
Roman road Fosse Way	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman road ⓘ ancient road ⓘ
alignment	diagonal across Britain ⓘ
approximateLength	230 miles ⓘ 370 km ⓘ
builtBy	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome Romans ⓘ
category	Archaeological sites in England ⓘ Roman roads in England ⓘ
connects	northeast England ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses	River Avon vicinity ⓘ River Trent vicinity ⓘ
dateOfConstruction	1st century AD ⓘ
direction	southwest-to-northeast ⓘ
endPoint	Lincoln ⓘ
era	Roman Britain ⓘ
etymology	from Latin "fossa" meaning ditch ⓘ
followsRiver	River Exe vicinity ⓘ River Trent vicinity ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	scheduled monument (in sections) ⓘ
historicalRegion	Roman Britain ⓘ
influences	modern road alignments in England ⓘ
knownFor	remarkably straight alignment ⓘ
laterFunction	internal communication route ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain England ⓘ
modernCountry	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
nearbyRomanTown	Exeter ⓘ surface form: Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) Lindum Colonia ⓘ surface form: Lindum Colonia (Lincoln)
originalFunction	frontier line in early Roman occupation ⓘ
partOf	Roman road network in Britain ⓘ
passesThrough	Bath ⓘ Cirencester ⓘ Exeter ⓘ Ilchester ⓘ Leicester ⓘ Lincoln ⓘ
roadType	long-distance road ⓘ
startPoint	Exeter ⓘ
surface	metalled road ⓘ
terminusCityNortheast	Lincoln ⓘ
terminusCitySouthwest	Exeter ⓘ
usedFor	communication ⓘ military movement ⓘ trade ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman roads → hasPart → Fosse Way ⓘ

Thames Head → nearInfrastructure → Fosse Way ⓘ

Stow-on-the-Wold → locatedOn → Fosse Way ⓘ

Lindum Colonia → connectedByRoad → Fosse Way ⓘ

Moreton-in-Marsh → locatedOn → Fosse Way ⓘ

Bourton-on-the-Water → locatedOn → Fosse Way ⓘ

Corinium Dobunnorum → connectedTo → Fosse Way ⓘ

Ilchester Roman site → associatedWith → Fosse Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman road Fosse Way

Roman city of Lindum Colonia → hasRoadConnection → Fosse Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Lindum Colonia

this entity surface form: Fosse Way (via connecting roads)

Roman Ermine Street → linkedTo → Fosse Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Ermine Street