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<< Text Pages >> Burgh Castle Shore Fort - Stone Fort or Dun in England in Norfolk

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Multi-periodSite Name: Burgh Castle Shore Fort Alternative Name: Gariannonum, Cnobheresburg, Burgh Castle Roman Saxon Shore
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 7.394 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Norfolk Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Great Yarmouth  Nearest Village: Burgh Castle
Map Ref: TG474044
Latitude: 52.581076N  Longitude: 1.650327E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Burgh Castle is the site of one of nine Roman Saxon Shore forts constructed in England around the 3rd century AD, to hold troops as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts of southern Britain. It is located on the summit of ground sloping steeply towards the estuary of the River Waveney, in the civil parish of Burgh Castle, in the county of Norfolk (but until 1974 in Suffolk).

This fort was possibly known as Gariannonum, although the single record that uses the name may perhaps be referring to the Roman site at Caister-on-Sea. Between the mid-7th and 9th centuries the site was possibly occupied by a monastic settlement, and in the 11th and 12th centuries a Norman motte and bailey castle existed there.

Address: Butt Lane, Burgh Castle , Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 9QB

Exact coordinates of Burgh Castle Fort: Latitude: 52.58644, Longitude: 1.65968

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TG4704 : Burgh Castle by David Medcalf
by David Medcalf
©2005(licence)
TG4704 : River Waveney path by Hamish Griffin
by Hamish Griffin
©2017(licence)
TG4704 : Slow Speed by Martin Pearman
by Martin Pearman
©2011(licence)
TG4704 : Burgh Castle Roman Saxon Shore Fort by Sandy Gerrard
by Sandy Gerrard
©2023(licence)
TG4704 : Footbridge by River Waveney by Bob Jenkins
by Bob Jenkins
©2007(licence)

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