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This map is showing 'Roman Implied, Roman Actual named locations ' of type 'Roman City, Roman Town, Roman Villa, Roman Major Fort, Roman Watch Tower, Roman Port, Roman Bloomery' centered on Pangbourne in Berkshire.
Map Logic
This map shows Roman roads shown in black derived from Ivan D Margary 'Roman Roads in Britain' published in 1955. These maps are plotted as accurately as is possible from the books. There are problems with mapping 50 years later as there have been significant road and town changes which have hidden some of the original places mentioned in the texts.

The red roads are derived from Ivan D Margary 'Roman ways in the Weald' published in 1948.

Major Roman locations are shown as icons, please click the icon for the modern location and its Roman name.

This map shows the Roman Road course described by Ivan D Margary as 160c which goes from Dorchester On Thames - Silchester(Dorchester on Thames - Silchester).
Icon Key:
Roman Town
Roman Watch Tower

160c - Dorchester On Thames to Silchester
(Dorchester on Thames to Silchester)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 160c starting near Dorchester in Oxfordshire ending near Reading in Hampshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Dorchester  Oxfordshire
Wallingford  Oxfordshire
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell  Oxfordshire
Cholsey  Oxfordshire
Wallingford  Oxfordshire
Streatley  West Berkshire
Reading  West Berkshire
Lower Basildon  West Berkshire
Reading  West Berkshire
Pangbourne  West Berkshire
Tidmarsh  West Berkshire
Reading  West Berkshire
Englefield  West Berkshire
Reading  West Berkshire
Current translation for Dorchester
  dor derived from dora/dor - a bumble bee/door
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Dorchecestre(Oxfordshire)
Dorecestre(Dorset)
Dorkecestre(Berkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Wallingford
W we cannot translate at the moment
  alling derived from aler ænge - elder tree - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Brightwell Cum Sotwell
  bright derived from birihto - bright, wide view
  well derived from wille - A well, spring, fountain
  cum derived from cuman - go with
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
ot we cannot translate at the moment
  well derived from wille - A well, spring, fountain
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Bricstewelle(Berkshire)
Bristowelle(Berkshire)
Sotwelle(Berkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Cholsey
C we cannot translate at the moment
  hol derived from hol - A hole, hollow, cavern or den
  sey derived from æg - an island also eye, ye, sea
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Celsei(Berkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Wallingford
W we cannot translate at the moment
  alling derived from aler ænge - elder tree - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Streatley
  streat derived from via strata - originally from the latin via strata(high paved road) -Old English stret (Mercian, Kentish), stræt (West Saxon)
  ley derived from æg/leah - an island near the sea / woodland clearing if inland
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Stradlei(Bedfordshire)
Stradli(Bedfordshire)
Straillei(Bedfordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Reading
  read derived from ræd - red or ruddy
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Lower Basildon
  lower derived from lower - lower than
  bas derived from basu - a type of scarlet robe
  il derived from ildu - old
  ending in don derived from dun - a place near a steep hill/hillfort
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Reading
  read derived from ræd - red or ruddy
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Pangbourne
P we cannot translate at the moment
  ang derived from ang - narrow
  bourne derived from burn - a brook or stream
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Tidmarsh
T we cannot translate at the moment
  i derived from iw - yew
d we cannot translate at the moment
  marsh derived from mersc - a fen, bog or marsh
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Reading
  read derived from ræd - red or ruddy
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Englefield
  engle derived from engle - the Angles(people)
  field derived from feld - a field however quite a number were derived from welle a well
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Englefel(Berkshire)
Inglefeld(Cheshire)
Inglefelle(Berkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Reading
  read derived from ræd - red or ruddy
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Town
Calleva Atrebatum Roman Town  Modern name is Silchester
Roman Town
Cunetio Roman Town Suffolk Modern name is Mildenhall
Roman Town
Dorchester on Thames Roman Town Oxfordshire 
Roman Town
Durocornovium Roman Town Wiltshire Modern name is Wanborough
Roman Watch Tower
Spinae Roman Watch Tower  Modern name is Speen


External References in no particular order :-
Anglo Saxon Chronicles
Online Anglo Saxon dictionary
Online Etymology dictionary
Open Domesday Book - The first free online copy of the Domesday Book
The Ermine Street Guard Roman re-enactment and research Society
The "Kent A" cadastre - page 5 - Peterson 2002
Archaeologia Cantiana Online
Romney Marsh Research Trust
Romney Marsh the Fifth Continent
VillageNet the reference guide to villages in Kent & Sussex
Global warming Flood Maps
The Anglo Saxon Chronicles
Google Maps - the core of the system
GeoPlaner - Useful site for plotting map data
Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars 55BC(Books 4 & 5)
Wikipedia - Caesar's invasions of Britain
Wikipedia - Portus Istus
The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy (Bill Thayers)
Roman Britain.org
Runetree Beowulf
Bayeux Tapestry Online
The Secrets of the Norman Invasion
Chronicles of John of Worcester
Battle Historic Society
Binsted village website(Mearcredesburnan Steðe)
The Spears of Andred
Find British Archaelogical Sites
Wealden Iron Research Group
Topographic Map of the UK

 

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