Map Position 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 Selmeston in East Sussex.
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 141 which goes from Newhaven - The Dicker(Newhaven - Selmeston - The Dicker).
Icon Key:
Roman Major Fort
141 - Newhaven to The Dicker (Newhaven to Selmeston to The Dicker)
Ivan D Margary Roman Road 141 starting near Hailsham in East Sussex ending near Newhaven in East Sussex ....
This route passes through the following locations.
Hailsham
East Sussex
Polegate
East Sussex
Newhaven
East Sussex
Current translation for Hailsham
hail derived from
hæg/haga - an enclosure / a haw, berry of the hawthorn
sham 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.
