Fosse Way

Roman road in England, linking Exeter and Lincoln, later one of the "Four Highways" of medieval England
AdministrativeArea roman_road Q1233334
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Fosse Way

Summary

Fosse Way is a Roman road[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of roman_road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fosse Way is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Fosse Way's route map is recorded as Fosse Way.JPG[4].
  • Fosse Way's image is recorded as Fosse Way.JPG[5].
  • Fosse Way's instance of is recorded as Roman road[6].
  • Fosse Way's instance of is recorded as ancient Roman structure[7].
  • Fosse Way's part of is recorded as Roman Britain[8].
  • Fosse Way's Commons category is recorded as Fosse Way[9].
  • Fosse Way's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4720126[10].
  • Fosse Way's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019yxt[11].
  • Fosse Way's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Fosse Way's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Fosse-Way[13].
  • Fosse Way's Pleiades ID is recorded as 656280677[14].
  • Fosse Way's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+230'}[15].

Body

Geography

Fosse Way is in the country of United Kingdom[3]. Its part of is recorded as Roman Britain[8].

Physical Characteristics

Fosse Way's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+230'}[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Roman road[6] and ancient Roman structure[7].

Why It Matters

Fosse Way ranks in the top 2% of roman_road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Fosse Way. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fosse-way
MLA “Fosse Way.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fosse-way.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fosse-way_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fosse Way}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fosse-way}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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