Apart from a few pieces of Iron Age pottery, excavations have uncovered little in Lincoln relating to the period prior to Roman occupation. Evidence suggests that Iron Age Lincoln was a small, insignificant settlement, despite the natural advantages of the site. The wider territory of Lincolnshire was inhabited by the Coritani tribe; whose minted coins and wheel-made pottery suggests a developed civilisation.
Lincoln progressed from a tiny Iron Age hamlet into the area’s most important Roman town because of the roads that connected it to other parts of the country. Lincoln is at the junction of two key Roman roads: Ermine Street and Fosse Way. Ermine Street joined Staner Street (the road from Chichester to London) and continued from London through Lincoln towards York. The Fosse Way ran from Exeter to Lincoln, through the important Roman settlement of Cirencester.
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