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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 Pensford in Somerset.
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 540 which goes from Mendip Hills(Compton Martin) - Bitton(Mendip Hills(Compton Martin) - Bitton).
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Roman Town

540 - Mendip Hills(Compton Martin) to Bitton
(Mendip Hills(Compton Martin) to Bitton)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 540 starting near Bristol in Bath and North East Somerset ending near Willsbridge in South Gloucestershire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Bristol  Bath and North East Somerset
Bishop Sutton  Bath and North East Somerset
Chew Magna  Bath and North East Somerset
Bristol  Bath and North East Somerset
Keynsham  Bath and North East Somerset
Willsbridge  South Gloucestershire
Current translation for Bristol
  bris derived from bræs - brass
  tol derived from tol - a manufacturing place
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Bristou(Gloucestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bishop Sutton
  bishop derived from bisceop - land owned by a bishop
  sut derived from suþ - south
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Chew Magna
Chew we cannot translate at the moment
Magna we cannot translate at the moment
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Chiwe(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bristol
  bris derived from bræs - brass
  tol derived from tol - a manufacturing place
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Bristou(Gloucestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Keynsham
  key derived from cai - wharf
n we cannot translate at the moment
  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.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cainesham(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Willsbridge
  will derived from wig - idol or shrine
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  bridge derived from bricge - a bridge
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Town
Aquae Sulis Roman Town Somerset Modern name is Bath


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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