Lincoln Hotels

The earliest origins of Lincoln can be traced to the remains of an Iron Age settlement of round wooden dwellings which were discovered by archaeologists in 1972 that have been dated to the 1st century BC. This settlement was built by a deep pool in the River Witham at the foot of a large hill (on which the Normans later built Lincoln Catherdral and Lincoln Castle.

The origins of the name Lincoln may come from this period, when the settlement is thought to have been named in the Brythonic language of Iron Age Britain's Celtic inhabitants as Lindon as The Pool presumably referring to the Brayford Pool if compare the etymology of the name Dublin, from the Gaelic dubh linn with the meaning of black pool. It is not possible to know how big this original settlement was as its remains are now buried deep beneath the later Roman and medieval ruins, as well as the modern Lincoln county town.