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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 53.3789,-0.21324 in Lincolnshire.
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 272 which goes from Bullington - Grainthorpe(Bullington - Grainthorpe).
Icon Key:

272 - Bullington to Grainthorpe
(Bullington to Grainthorpe)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 272 starting near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire ending near Grainthorpe in Lincolnshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Market Rasen  Lincolnshire
Holton cum Beckering  Lincolnshire
Market Rasen  Lincolnshire
East Torrington  Lincolnshire
Market Rasen  Lincolnshire
Sixhills  Lincolnshire
Market Rasen  Lincolnshire
Louth  Lincolnshire
Covenham Saint Bartholomew  Lincolnshire
Louth  Lincolnshire
Grainthorpe  Lincolnshire
Current translation for Market Rasen
  market derived from market - a title of a location created during the 1300's when Edward I created market towns
  ra derived from ra - roebuck - deer
  sen derived from isen - iron
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Holton Cum Beckering
  holt derived from holt - a wood or copse
  on derived from on - near
  cum derived from cuman - go with
  beck derived from bec - a small fast stream
  ering derived from ere ænge - people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Houtone(Lincolnshire)
Houtune(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Market Rasen
  market derived from market - a title of a location created during the 1300's when Edward I created market towns
  ra derived from ra - roebuck - deer
  sen derived from isen - iron
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for East Torrington
  east derived from east - east
  tor derived from torr - a turret or tower
  ring derived from nering - a defended village
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Terintone(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Market Rasen
  market derived from market - a title of a location created during the 1300's when Edward I created market towns
  ra derived from ra - roebuck - deer
  sen derived from isen - iron
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Sixhills
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  ix derived from IX/vicus - possibly derived from the Roman Ninth Legion Hispana/ or a diminuitive of wick - small provincial roman town
  hills derived from hyll - hills
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Sisse(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Market Rasen
  market derived from market - a title of a location created during the 1300's when Edward I created market towns
  ra derived from ra - roebuck - deer
  sen derived from isen - iron
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Louth
  starting in l derived from el - person
outh we cannot translate at the moment
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Ludes(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Covenham Saint Bartholomew
  coven derived from cofan - convent
  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.
  saint derived from sanctus - saint
  bar derived from bær - beer or a place where barley was grown
t we cannot translate at the moment
  hol derived from hol - A hole, hollow, cavern or den
  om derived from hjem - home - A village or location originally found in valleys with sea access hence Home for the Saxons - in later years this derivation changed to mean near water.
  ew derived from euwa - a sheep
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Louth
  starting in l derived from el - person
outh we cannot translate at the moment
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Ludes(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Grainthorpe
G we cannot translate at the moment
  ra derived from ra - roebuck - deer
  in derived from en - the people of
  thorpe derived from ƿorp - a crowd - a village
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Germundstorp(Lincolnshire)
Germundtorp(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
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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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