Editing Ermine Street (section)

==Course==
Ermine Street begins at [[Bishopsgate]], where one of the seven gates in the wall surrounding [[Roman London]] was located. From here it runs north up [[Norton Folgate]], [[Shoreditch High Street]] and [[Kingsland Road]] through [[Stoke Newington]] (forming Stoke Newington Road and Stoke Newington High Street), [[Tottenham]], [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] and eastern [[Enfield, London|Enfield]] (Ponders End, Enfield Highway, Enfield Wash and Freezywater) to [[Royston, Hertfordshire|Royston]]. This section of Ermine Street from [[London]] to Royston is now largely part of the [[A10 road (Great Britain)|A10]]. At this point it crosses the [[Icknield Way]].  From Royston, it was formerly the [[A14 road (Great Britain)|A14]] to the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] but now it is the [[A1198 road|A1198]] to [[Godmanchester]] (''Durovigutum''). Ignoring bypasses and modern diversions, the road through [[Huntingdon]] to the Alconbury junction on the A1 gives the line. The section from [[Alconbury]] to [[Water Newton]], ignoring modern bypasses such as that at [[Stilton]], follows the A1. Ermine street used to pass through ''[[Durobrivae (Water Newton)|Durobrivae]]'', the slight remains of which can be seen to the east, alongside the A1 at Peterborough. The modern road returns to Ermine Street north-west of [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]], near [[Great Casterton]], through which Ermine Street ran.

The post-Roman road wandered off for {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} through [[Colsterworth]], but Ermine Street continues as the B6403, through [[Ancaster, Lincolnshire|Ancaster]] to the [[A17 road (Great Britain)|A17]]. It then continues as a public [[Rights of way in England and Wales|right of way]], easily walked, until [[RAF Waddington|Waddington airfield]] blocks it at {{Gbmaprim|SK981626|SK981626}}. The route from Colsterworth, through Ancaster, to Bracebridge Heath is known as [[High Dyke, Lincolnshire|High Dike]]. It runs roughly parallel with and to the east of the A607 between [[Carlton Scroop]] and [[Harmston]]. High Dike takes to the level, open, dry country of the [[Lincolnshire]] Heath while the A607 wanders through the villages on the [[spring line]] below.  From the [[Antonine Itinerary]] there is known to have been a Roman Settlement on the road in South Lincolnshire, called  ''[[Causennae]]'' which has been variously identified with [[Ancaster Roman Town]] or [[Little Ponton and Stroxton|Saltersford, south of Grantham]].<ref name=PS1>{{cite PastScape|mnumber=325760|access-date=15 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Whitewell|first=J.B.|title=Roman Lincolnshire|publisher=Lincolnshire local history society|pages=64, 65|year=1970|series=History of Lincolnshire|volume=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Ivan D. |last=Margary |title=Roman Roads in Britain |publisher=John Baker |location=London |year=1967}}</ref>

Another long section remains, now the [[A15 road (Great Britain)|A15]], running north out of Lincoln, past [[RAF Scampton]] and [[Caenby]] Corner, past [[Kirton in Lindsey]] at grid reference {{gbmappingsmall|SE9698}}, and continuing almost to the [[Humber]] at [[Winteringham]]. Before the diversion was made round the extended runway at Scampton, with a very slight diversion at [[Broughton, Lincolnshire|Broughton]], it was possible to travel about {{convert|33|mi|km|abbr=off}}, from the [[Newport Arch]], the Roman north gate at Lincoln, to the [[Parish]] of Winteringham along a road so slightly curved as to be regarded as straight.

Roman Winteringham was the terminal for the ferry to ''[[Petuaria]]'' ([[Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire|Brough]]) on the north shore of the Humber. From there, the road curved westwards to York.

This landing place on the south shore of the Humber is significant because Winteringham translates as "the homestead of Winta's people". Apart from [[Woden]], the god, the first leader on [[Kingdom of Lindsey|Lindsey's list of kings]] is Winta. Clearly, the end of the [[Jurassic]] [[limestone]] ridge at the Humber was significant in the English settlement of Lincolnshire. [[Winterton, Lincolnshire|Winterton]] is a little further inland. Ermine Street and the [[River Trent]] together were evidently an important early route of entry into early post-Roman Britain.