Fosse Way
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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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman road
→
ancient road → |
| alignment |
diagonal across Britain
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|
| approximateLength |
230 miles
→
370 km → |
| builtBy |
Ancient Rome
→
Romans → |
| category |
Archaeological sites in England
→
Roman roads in England → |
| connects |
northeast England
→
southwest England → |
| country |
United Kingdom
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|
| crosses |
River Avon vicinity
→
River Trent vicinity → |
| dateOfConstruction |
1st century AD
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|
| direction |
southwest-to-northeast
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|
| endPoint |
Lincoln
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|
| era |
Roman Britain
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|
| etymology |
from Latin "fossa" meaning ditch
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|
| followsRiver |
River Exe vicinity
→
River Trent vicinity → |
| hasHeritageStatus |
scheduled monument (in sections)
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|
| historicalRegion |
Roman Britain
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|
| influences |
modern road alignments in England
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|
| knownFor |
remarkably straight alignment
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|
| laterFunction |
internal communication route
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| locatedIn |
Britain
→
England → |
| modernCountry |
England
→
United Kingdom → |
| nearbyRomanTown |
Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter)
→
Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) → |
| originalFunction |
frontier line in early Roman occupation
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| partOf |
Roman road network in Britain
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|
| passesThrough |
Bath
→
Cirencester → Exeter → Ilchester → Leicester → Lincoln → |
| roadType |
long-distance road
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|
| startPoint |
Exeter
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|
| surface |
metalled road
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|
| terminusCityNortheast |
Lincoln
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|
| terminusCitySouthwest |
Exeter
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|
| usedFor |
communication
→
military movement → trade → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Lindum Colonia
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connectedByRoad |
|
Roman roads
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|
hasPart |
|
Stow-on-the-Wold
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locatedOn |
|
Thames Head
→
|
nearInfrastructure |