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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 Cricket St Thomas 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 5a which goes from Axmouth - Ilchester(Foss Way , Axmouth - Ilchester)commonly known as 'Foss Way'.
Icon Key:
Roman Town

5a - Axmouth to Ilchester
(Foss Way , Axmouth to Ilchester)
commonly known as 'Foss Way'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 5a starting near Seaton in Devon ending near Ilchester in Somerset ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Seaton  Devon
Axmouth  Devon
Axminster  Devon
Chard  Somerset
South Chard  Somerset
Chard  Somerset
Winsham  Somerset
Chard  Somerset
Ilminster  Somerset
Hinton Saint George  Somerset
South Petherton  Somerset
Stoke-sub-Hamdon  Somerset
Ilchester  Somerset
Current translation for Seaton
  sea derived from æg - an island also eye, ye, sea
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Flueta(Devon)
Scetun(Yorkshire)
Scetune(Yorkshire)
Segentone(Northamptonshire)
Segentone(Rutland)
Segestone(Northamptonshire)
Segestone(Rutland)
Seieton(Northamptonshire)
Seieton(Rutland)
Seietone(Northamptonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Axmouth
  ax derived from æsc - ash tree
  mouth derived from muða - mouth of a river
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Alsemude(Devon)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Axminster
  ax derived from æsc - ash tree
  minster derived from minster - large church or monastry
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Alseminstre(Devon)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Chard
  chard derived from ceren daen/den-bera - churn or sweet wine - daen/den-bera - a valley / woodland swine pasture
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cerdre(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for South Chard
  south derived from suþ - south
  chard derived from ceren daen/den-bera - churn or sweet wine - daen/den-bera - a valley / woodland swine pasture
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Chard
  chard derived from ceren daen/den-bera - churn or sweet wine - daen/den-bera - a valley / woodland swine pasture
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cerdre(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Winsham
  win derived from win / wein - a pasture / wine
  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
Names found:Wenneham(Devon)
Winesham(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Chard
  chard derived from ceren daen/den-bera - churn or sweet wine - daen/den-bera - a valley / woodland swine pasture
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cerdre(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Ilminster
  il derived from ildu - old
  minster derived from minster - large church or monastry
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Ileminstre(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hinton Saint George
  hin derived from hæn - hen/chicken
t we cannot translate at the moment
  on derived from on - near
  saint derived from sanctus - saint
  george derived from george - saint george
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for South Petherton
  south derived from suþ - south
  pether derived from pæþþan - a path
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Sudperet(Somerset)
Sudperetone(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Stoke Sub Hamdon
  stoke derived from stoc - a place, probably a farm or stockade
  sub derived from sub - under, below, beneath, at the foot of
  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.
  ending in don derived from dun - a place near a steep hill/hillfort
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Ilchester
  il derived from ildu - old
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Givelcestre(Somerset)
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
Isca Dumnoniorum Roman Town Devon 
Roman Town
Lendiniae Roman Town Somerset Modern name is Ilchester
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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