Newport Arch
| Newport Arch | |
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Newport Arch from the south
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 Newport Arch
Newport Arch
Newport Arch shown within Lincoln / Lincolnshire
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| General information | |
| Type | Gateway to Roman Fort |
| Town or city | Lincoln |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 53°14′15″N 0°32′18″W / 53.237411°N 0.538353°WCoordinates: 53°14′15″N 0°32′18″W / 53.237411°N 0.538353°W |
| Estimated completion | 3rd century |
| Reference no. | 1005478 |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Designated | 8 October 1953 |
| Reference no. | 1388450 |
Newport Arch is the name given to the remains of a 3rd-century Roman gate in the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. It is a Scheduled monument and Grade I listed building and is reputedly the oldest arch in the United Kingdom still used by traffic.
The arch was remodelled and enlarged when the city, then Lindum Colonia a Roman town, became capital of the province Flavia Caesariensis in the 4th century. Though unique in the United Kingdom, it is nevertheless one of many original Roman arches still open to traffic, other examples being two gates through the city walls of the Roman town of Diocletianopolis (now Hisarya, Bulgaria), as well as numerous examples in Turkey.
As the north gate of the city, it carried the major Roman road Ermine Street northward almost in a straight line to the Humber.
From Romano-British Buildings and Earthworks by John Ward (1911):
In May 1964 a goods lorry belonging to the Humber Warehousing Co struck the arch while attempting to pass under it.
Forty years later, in May 2004, another lorry struck the arch, causing minor damage.
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