Newport Arch

at 50 Bailgate, Lincoln , LN1 3 United Kingdom

1. Asian Restaurant

Description

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.HistoryThe 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):"A considerable portion of the north gate of Lincoln — the Newport Arch — is standing, but is buried to the extent of about 8ft. in the soil and débris accumulated since Roman times. The structure is about 34ft. deep and has a single passage for the road, 17½ ft. wide. The inner or back portal of this passage is still intact, and is nearly 16ft. in the clear and rises to a height of about 22½ ft. above the Roman level. Its arch is of a single ring of large limestone voussoirs rising from imposts which appear to have been moulded. The outer or front arch has long since disappeared. On the east side is a postern for pedestrians, 7ft. wide and contracting to about 5ft. at the north end, and 15ft. high from the Roman level. On the west side there was a similar postern about a century ago. The whole structure is of good masonry, and it appears to have projected considerably beyond the north face of the town wall."

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Summary

Newport Arch is Lincoln based place and this enity listed in Asian Restaurant category. Located at 50 Bailgate LN1 3. Contact phone number of Newport Arch: 01522 545006