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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 Larling in Norfolk.
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 37 which goes from Bunwell - Thetford(Bunwell - New Buckingham - Larlingford - Thetford).
Icon Key:
Roman City
Roman Major Fort

37 - Bunwell to Thetford
(Bunwell to New Buckingham to Larlingford to Thetford)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 37 starting near Bunwell in Norfolk ending near Thetford in Norfolk ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Bunwell  Norfolk
New Buckenham  Norfolk
Old Buckenham  Norfolk
Norwich  Norfolk
Thetford  Norfolk
Current translation for Bunwell
  bun derived from bin - manger of crib
  well derived from wille - A well, spring, fountain
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for New Buckenham
  new derived from niew - new
  buck derived from buc - a male deer
  en derived from en - word termination usually means 'of'
  ham derived from hamm - Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty.
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Old Buckenham
  old derived from eald - old or ancient
  buck derived from buc - a male deer
  en derived from en - word termination usually means 'of'
  ham derived from hamm - Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Buccham(Norfolk)
Bucham(Norfolk)
Bucheham(Norfolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Norwich
  nor derived from norþ - north
  wich derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Noruic(Norfolk)
Norwici(Norfolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Thetford
  thet derived from þeod - a body of warriors, attached by personal service to the king
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Tedforda(Norfolk)
Tedfort(Norfolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman City
Burgh Castle Marshes Roman City Norfolk 
Roman Major Fort
Caister Roman Fort Roman Major Fort Norfolk Modern name is Caister On Sea
Roman Major Fort
Gariannonum Roman Major Fort Norfolk Modern name is Burgh Castle


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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