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Burgh Castle

Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

A Roman shore fort guarding the coast against Saxon raiders.

Burgh Castle, or Gariannonum, is one of the Roman 'Saxon Shore' forts built to defend Britain against raiders from across the North Sea. Three of its massive walls still stand to almost their original height, with round bastions.

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When
Late 200s AD
Where
52.5850, 1.6500
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

Norfolk Archaeological Trust, free, with marshland views.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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