LINCOLNSHIRE. 



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In its onward course the Witham wastes the city of Lincoln, superbly seated 

 on a lofty ridge and the slopes of a hill which commands a view of the Fens. It 

 is the Lbidiim of the Homans, by whom the '* foss-dyke," which joins its crowded 



Fig. 113.— Lincoln. 

 From the Ordnance Map. Scale 1 : 63.8'^0. 



1 Mile. 



harbour to the Trent, was dug out, and Ermine Street, which traverses the city 

 from north to south, constructed. A gateway and portions of the Roman wall 

 survive, and there is a castle built by "William the Conqueror, and now used as a 

 gaol and assize hall, but all other buildings are overshadowed by the superb cathe- 



