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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 Tolpuddle in Dorset.
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 4e which goes from Badbury Rings - Dorchester(Badbury Rings - Dorchester).
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Roman Town

4e - Badbury Rings to Dorchester
(Badbury Rings to Dorchester)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 4e starting near Witchampton in Dorset ending near Dorchester in Dorset ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Witchampton  Dorset
Blandford Forum  Dorset
Shapwick  Dorset
Blandford Forum  Dorset
Bere Regis  Dorset
Dorchester  Dorset
Puddletown  Dorset
Dorchester  Dorset
Current translation for Witchampton
  wit derived from wæt - wet, damp, moist
c we cannot translate at the moment
  hamp derived from þam - well watered or wet area
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Wichemetune(Dorset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Blandford Forum
  bland derived from blandan - a place where people meet
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
  forum derived from forum - meeting place
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Shapwick
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  hap derived from heop/heap - rose hip/pile or mound
  wick derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Sapeswich(Somerset)
Scapewic(Dorset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Blandford Forum
  bland derived from blandan - a place where people meet
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
  forum derived from forum - meeting place
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bere Regis
  ber derived from bær - beer or a place where barley was grown
e we cannot translate at the moment
  ending in regis derived from regis - suffix from 1929 after visit by King George V - latin for 'of the king'
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Bere(Dorset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Dorchester
  dor derived from dora/dor - a bumble bee/door
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Dorchecestre(Oxfordshire)
Dorecestre(Dorset)
Dorkecestre(Berkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Puddletown
Pudd we cannot translate at the moment
  le derived from leah - A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land
  town derived from tun - an enclosed piece of ground, a yard, court
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Piretone(Dorset)
Pitretone(Dorset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Dorchester
  dor derived from dora/dor - a bumble bee/door
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Dorchecestre(Oxfordshire)
Dorecestre(Dorset)
Dorkecestre(Berkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Town
Durnovaria Roman Town Dorset Modern name is Dorchester
Roman Town
Vindocladia Roman Town  Modern name is Badbury Rings


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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