Caistor Town Defences

Has been described as a Questionable Urban Defence

There are no visible remains

NameCaistor Town Defences
Alternative NamesCastor; Castre
Historic CountryLincolnshire
Modern AuthorityLincolnshire
1974 AuthorityLincolnshire
Civil ParishCaistor

Roman walls quietly decayed, or were robbed for new building. It includes Caistor, Lincs. Caistor presents a picture of miniature civitas-burg development, with the church within the walled area and the market place outside the suggested site of the Roman east gate. (Barley 1975)

PastScape and Lincolnshire HER records the 'small fortified Roman town' and the medieval borough but not medieval defences.

Gatehouse Comments

It is possible the Roman walls or some part of them were still upstanding in 1143 when King Stephen was in Caistor (see Caistor Castle) although it seems unlikely the medieval borough was defensible.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTA116013
Latitude53.4963188171387
Longitude-0.318179994821548
Eastings511680
Northings401300
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Books

  • Osborne, Mike, 2010, Defending Lincolnshire: A Military History from Conquest to Cold War (The History Press) p. 14, 19 (Roman only)
  • Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 264
  • Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) The plans and topography of medieval towns in England and Wales (CBA Research Report 14) p. 57-71 download/view online

Antiquarian

  • Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England  (Sutton Publishing) p. 304
  • Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 5 p. 35 online copy

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