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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 Woolhampton 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 41a which goes from Silchester - Speen(Ermine Street, Silchester - Speen)commonly known as 'Ermine Street'.
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Roman Town
Roman Villa
Roman Watch Tower

41a - Silchester to Speen
(Ermine Street, Silchester to Speen)
commonly known as 'Ermine Street'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 41a starting near Reading in Hampshire ending near Speen in West Berkshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Reading  Hampshire
Pamber Heath  Hampshire
Reading  West Berkshire
Crookham Common  West Berkshire
Newbury  West Berkshire
Speen  West Berkshire
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 Pamber Heath
P we cannot translate at the moment
  am 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.
  ber derived from bær - beer or a place where barley was grown
  heath derived from hæþ - heath or wasteland where heather grows
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 Crookham Common
  crook derived from crycc - a crook or staff
  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.
  common derived from common - common land
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Newbury
  new derived from niew - new
  bury derived from burh/beorg/berie - fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Speen
  speen derived from spinis - thorny Place
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
Durocornovium Roman Town Wiltshire Modern name is Wanborough
Roman Villa
Leucomagus Roman Villa  Modern name is East Anton, Andover
Roman Watch Tower
Spinae Roman Watch Tower  Modern name is Speen
Roman Town
Verlucio Roman Town Wiltshire Modern name is Sandy Lane


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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