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Map Position
This map shows the position of locations of type 'Town, Bloomery 200AD' containing 'battle, bloomery, Iron-Working' centered on Robertsbridge in Sussex.
Map Logic
This map shows Roman roads shown in black plotted from Ivan D Margary 'Roman Roads in Britain' published in 1955.

The red roads are taken from Ivan D Margary 'Roman ways in the Weald' published in 1948.

The bloomeries shown are taken from the Wealden Iron Research Group database

Major Roman locations are shown as icons, please click for more details.
 
Icon Key:
Town
Bloomery 200AD

Roman Roads/Bloomeries in the South East centered on Robertsbridge Sussex

 

As you can see, a large number of the Roman Bloomeries are located fairly near the main Roman Roads or Trackways, this implies that the iron produced was carried via these routes to the nearest Port.

There is an argument that the main route for iron out of the Weald was via the Limden/Eastern Rother in Sussex, by looking at the main trackways and places named Street, these are marked as Purple lines on the map, with a centre at modern day Etchingham..

One or two of the plotted road routes may have slight alignment issues as places and names have changed over the last 60 years since the books were published, making it very difficult to match locations exactly.

Also shown is the Forest of Anderida in green, the high tide changes in the coastline shown in pale blue, and the 5 metre high tide mark on the rivers shown in dark blue. Between Brighton and Eastbourne are shown an estimated additional land mass, based on the current cliff erosion rates.

For the rivers, the 5 metre mark is shown however the tidal reach could be further inland due to the back pressure from the rivers upstream.

Purple lines show proposed changes/potential new Roman Roads based on the landscape/satellite features.

 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Town
Battle Town Sussex 
Town
Battle 1066 Town Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Bardown Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Bates Farm (Wittersham Manor) Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Beauport Park Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Bodiam Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Burnthouse Wood, Ludley Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Bynes Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Chitcombe Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Church Farm Field Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Church Field, Old Place Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Coldharbour Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Cow Park Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Crowhurst Park Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Footlands Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Frankham, Mark Cross Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Front Wood, Bevingford 1 Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Furnace Gill Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Garden Hill Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Glossams Place Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Godleys Field Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Great Cansiron (Blacklands) Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Great Park Wood Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Great Warren Field Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Hempstead Wood 1 Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Holbeanwood Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Howbourne Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Huggit's Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Kitchenham Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Knowle Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Little Farningham Farm 1 Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Little Farningham Farm 2 Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Little Furnace Wood Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Lovehurst Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Lower Crutches Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Magreed Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Markly Wood Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Newnham Park, Chillies Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Oakenden Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Oaklands Park Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Oldlands Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Omenden Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Petley Wood Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Pett Barn Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Pett Barn 40 Acres Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Pounsley Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Primrose Dell Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Romden Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Upper Wilting Farm Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Walesbeech Bloomery 200AD Sussex 
Bloomery 200AD
Iron-Working Westhawk Farm 1 Bloomery 200AD Sussex 


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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Author: Simon M - Last Updated: 30/05/2024 08:00
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