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 Shepton Mallet 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 5b which goes from Ilchester - Bath(Foss Way , Ilchester - Bath)commonly known as 'Foss Way'.
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5b - Ilchester to Bath (Foss Way , Ilchester to Bath) commonly known as 'Foss Way'
Ivan D Margary Roman Road 5b starting near Ilchester in Somerset ending near Avon in Bath and North East Somerset ....
