Fosse Dyke/Torksey Lock – Quick Facts
Torksey, Lincolnshire Map
- Built to connect the River Witham with the River Trent, to provide the town of Lincoln with a water route to the North Sea.
- Lincoln began as a fort in AD 54 and became a colonia in AD 80.
- This dyke is believed to be the first man-made canal in Britain and has been in use for almost two thousand years.