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Multi-periodSite Name: Burgh Castle Shore Fort Alternative Name: Gariannonum, Cnobheresburg, Burgh Castle Roman Saxon ShoreCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 5.589 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
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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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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