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Fosse Way , Roman road in England. It apparently ran from Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) NE past Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium Dobunnorum), and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum) to Lincoln (Lindum). It intersected Watling Street.

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Fosse Way An ancient Roman road in Britain, so called from the fosse or ditch on each side. It probably ran from Axminster to Lincoln, via Bath and Leicester (about 300 km, 200 miles), and marked the limit of the first stage of the Roman occupation (43 AD).

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Fosse Way was the Roman road from Exeter to Lincoln, exceptional in cutting across the grain of the main road‐system radiating from London. The modern name derives from fossa, perhaps used for a raised earthwork.

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