So this is fascinating! Fwiw, local field-and place-name evidence supports the idea of some sort of Romano-British settlement at Skegness… >https://twitter.com/lidongni/status/888373823556472837 …
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What's the placename evidence? Have you written something on it?
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The defunct Domesday name for Skegness seems to reflect Latin traiectus, ‘crossing point, ferry’, transmitted via Archaic Welsh, & field >
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> names in area include 'chester' etc, usually an indication of a significant RB settlement :) I mention in book, but a good article on it >
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> is Owen and Coates, ‘Traiectus/Tric/Skegness: a Domesday name explained’, Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, 38 (2003), 42–4 :)
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