ROMAN ARCHES IN LINCOLN UK.

 

PRIORY GATE - LINCOLN.

A very short distance from the east end of Lincoln Cathedral stands Priory Gate, which marks the location of one of the old medieval gates that gave access to the cathedral close. This gateway, surmounted with battlements as if it still served a defensive purpose, straddles the north end of Pottergate.

 

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NEWPORT ARCH.



The most famous Roman remain in Lincoln, and the best preserved. The gateway straddles Bailgate, at the northern extremity of the old roman city, where the old roman Ermine street struck north towards York. The Newport Arch dates to the start of the 2nd century AD. It gave access from the city to Ermine street, the main roman road north to York. It is famous as the only Roman Arch in Britain still in use for daily transportation. In the fourth century the city walls were strengthened and at that time Newport probably consisted of a central arch for traffic flanked by two smaller pedestrian arches. An upper floor topped the archway and the whole structure was flanked by twin towers. The whole structure would have risen to a height of 26 feet above ground level. The arch we see today is merely the upper section of the inner arch; the outer section was destroyed in the 17th century. There is no record of any attacks upon the arch or the city walls during roman times, though the gates here were attacked in the 13th century, during the battle of Lincoln Fair. It is rather remarkable that the archway still stands, for in 1964 a tall lorry tried to pass under the central arch and became stuck, dislodging bits of the archway which had stood for 1800 years or more. The considerable damage caused by the lorry was repaired, and the arch still straddles Bailgate and traffic still goes through the arch.

 

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Part of the old Roman wall.

 

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THE EAST GATE OF ROMAN LINCOLN.

The ruin that you see here is part of the eastern gateway into roman Lincoln. Several gateways have stood on this spot starting with a wooden gate to the roman fortress, built in about AD 60. The wooden posts inside the ruin mark the positions of timbers from this early gate. The stone ruin is the base of a semi-circular tower - it was one of a pair ( the other is under the road ) which flanked two arched gateways. You can see a doorway into the tower and the start of a flight of steps leading to the upper storeys. Built in the early 200s, this was the last and the grandest roman gateway on this spot. It stayed in use long after the Romans left Lincoln. These remains were excavated in 1963 - 66 and are now preserved as an ancient monument.

 

 

 

An artist`s impression shows how the complete gateway might have looked in the year AD300.

 

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POULTRY.

I know it`s a strange subject to take photographs of but I think they are interesting, weird, cute and they give you eggs, I love eggs.

 

SEABRIGHT ROOSTER.

 

The seabright is one of the oldest recorded British true bantams created in the 19th century through a selective breeding program designed to produce an ornamental breed. They are among the most popular of bantam breeds. Seabrights are often difficult to breed. As a largely ornamental chicken, they lay tiny, white eggs and are not kept for meat production.

 

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THE POLISH.

Although also called Poland, they do not hail from the country Poland as one would automatically assume given its name. As a matter of fact, the Polish breed of chicken is of European heritage. This type of chicken is famous for its crest of feathers, making them one of the most beautiful breeds of chicken. Bred primarily as a show bird these days, they were originally developed as egg layers.

 

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GUINEA FOWL.

 

Are a family of birds in the Galliformes order. The Guinea Fowl are native to Africa. They are seed and insect eating, ground nesting birds that resemble Partridges, but with featherless heads.

 

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AMERAUCANA.

 

Is an American breed of domestic chicken developed in the United States in the 1970`s. It was designed from the Araucana breed of Chile, and was bred to maintain the blue egg colour of that breed while eliminating the lethal recessive gene.

 

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CARBURTON CHURCH.

St Giles church in Carburton, Nottinghamshire, UK is an Anglican church of the Anglo - catholic tradition in the diocese of Southwell. St Giles is an unusual shape and dates back to the early 12th century, parish records date back to the 1530`s. The church is grade II listed. It is a small church, one of the smallest in the country. It is of Norman origin. Two centuries ago, it`s south aisle was removed and the arches filled in, hence the curious sight of pillers and arches on an outside wall. The church is 50 feet long by 15 feet wide, comprising chancel and nave under one roof, with a porch at the south - west and a small vestry at the north - east. The square bell chamber contains one bell. A double sun dial, inserted in the south western angle of the main wall above the porch, produces a peculiar effect, owing to the building being not truly oriented; the right angle faces of the dial are consequently not in line with the wall face on either side.

 

 

 

 

 

The pillars and arches on the outside.

 

 

 

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