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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 Wykeham in North Yorkshire.
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 817 which goes from Sherburn - Seamer Beacon(Sherburn - Seamer Beacon).
Icon Key:
Roman City
Roman Watch Tower

817 - Sherburn to Seamer Beacon
(Sherburn to Seamer Beacon)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 817 starting near Malton in North Yorkshire ending near Scarborough in North Yorkshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Malton  North Yorkshire
Sherburn  North Yorkshire
Malton  North Yorkshire
Wykeham  North Yorkshire
Scarborough  North Yorkshire
East Ayton  North Yorkshire
Scarborough  North Yorkshire
Current translation for Malton
  mal derived from melu - flour
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Sherburn
  sher derived from sceare - to shear - usually sheep
  burn derived from burn - a brook or stream
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Schirebur(Yorkshire)
Schiresburne(Yorkshire)
Scireburne(Yorkshire)
Sciresburne(Yorkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Malton
  mal derived from melu - flour
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Wykeham
  wyke derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
  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.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Wich(Berkshire)
Wich(Yorkshire)
Wicum(Berkshire)
Wicum(Yorkshire)
Wiham(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Scarborough
  scar derived from carr - a rock
  borough derived from burh - from Roman Burgus a roman signalling place or one of Alfred the Great's fortifications
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for East Ayton
  east derived from east - east
  ending in ay 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:Atun(Yorkshire)
Atune(Yorkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Scarborough
  scar derived from carr - a rock
  borough derived from burh - from Roman Burgus a roman signalling place or one of Alfred the Great's fortifications
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Watch Tower
Delgovicia Roman Watch Tower Yorkshire Modern name is Wetwang
Roman City
Isurium Roman City North Yorkshire Modern name is Aldborough
Roman City
Praetorio Roman City Yorkshire Modern name is Bridlington


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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