Souters Lane

To the west of the amphitheatre a road runs down to the river, now called Souters Lane. This lane originally connected stone quarries down at the riverside to the fortress, along which would have been hauled cartloads of stone to build the fortress and amphitheatre. It is also probable that victims of the amphitheatre would have been dragged down here to be thrown into the river.

Souter is a Middle English term derived from the word for a shoemaker, which suggests that leatherworking was likely to have been concentrated in this vicinity in the late Saxon period. Nowadays it is just a convenient way to get to the boat trips on the River Dee.

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