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 Sedbury in Gloucestershire.
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 60a which goes from Newnham - Caerleon(Newnham - Caerleon).
Icon Key:
Roman Town
60a - Newnham to Caerleon (Newnham to Caerleon)
Ivan D Margary Roman Road 60a starting near Newnham in Gloucestershire ending near Caerleon in Newport ....
This route passes through the following locations.
Newnham
Gloucestershire
Cinderford
Gloucestershire
Newnham
Gloucestershire
Blakeney
Gloucestershire
Lydney
Gloucestershire
Aylburton
Gloucestershire
Lydney
Gloucestershire
Chepstow
Gloucestershire
Caldicot
Monmouthshire
Caerwent
Monmouthshire
Caldicot
Monmouthshire
Newport
Newport
Langstone
Newport
Newport
Newport
Caerleon
Newport
Current translation for Newnham
new derived from
niwe - new
n we cannot translate at the moment
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.
