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 Radleys End in Essex.
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 300 which goes from Chelmsford - Great Chesterton(Chelmsford - Great Chesterton).
Icon Key:
Roman City
Roman Town
Roman Major Fort
300 - Chelmsford to Great Chesterton (Chelmsford to Great Chesterton)
Ivan D Margary Roman Road 300 starting near Little Waltham in Essex ending near Great Chesterford in Essex ....
This route passes through the following locations.
Little Waltham
Essex
Great Waltham
Essex
Chelmsford
Essex
Dunmow
Essex
Barnston
Essex
Dunmow
Essex
Thaxted
Essex
Saffron Walden
Essex
Thaxted
Essex
Saffron Walden
Essex
Sewards End
Essex
Saffron Walden
Essex
Little Walden
Essex
Great Chesterford
Essex
Current translation for Little Waltham
little derived from
lytel - little, small
walt derived from
walch - a harrow - farm
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.
