Burgh Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman archaeological site
- Also known as: “Burgh Castle Roman Site” and “Gariannonum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Peter and St Paul and Berney Arms railway station.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Burgh Castle.
Berney Arms railway station
Railway station
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berney Arms railway station is a stop on the Wherry Lines in the East of England, serving the settlement of Berney Arms on the Halvergate Marshes in Norfolk. Berney Arms railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Burgh Castle.
Berney Arms Windmill
Windmill
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Berney Arms Windmill is a tower mill located at Berney Arms alongside the River Yare at the south-western end of Breydon Water in the English county of Norfolk. Berney Arms Windmill is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Burgh Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berney Arms and Fritton.
Berney Arms
Locality
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Berney Arms is a settlement on the north bank of the River Yare, close to Breydon Water in the English county of Norfolk. It is part of the civil parish of Reedham, in the district of Broadland, and lies within The Broads.
Fritton
Village
Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fritton is a village and former civil parish now in the English county of Norfolk, but originally in the English county of Suffolk. Fritton is located 6 miles south-west of Great Yarmouth and 16 miles south-east of Norwich, along the A143. Fritton is situated 3 miles south of Burgh Castle.
Wickhampton
Village
Photo: Colin Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freethorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the former parish of Wickhampton and parts of Halvergate Marshes. Wickhampton is situated 3 miles west of Burgh Castle.
Burgh Castle
- Categories: castrum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.58262° or 52° 34′ 57″ northLongitude
1.65157° or 1° 39′ 6″ eastElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9F43HMM2+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1475445837OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Burgh Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Burgh Castle”
- Cebuano: “Burgh Castle (kastilyo)”
- Chinese: “伯格城堡”
- Danish: “Burgh Castle (romersk fæstning)”
- Danish: “Burgh Castle”
- German: “Burgh Castle”
- Italian: “Forte romano di Burgh Castle”
- Spanish: “Burgh Castle (fortificación)”
- Spanish: “Burgh Castle”
- Swedish: “Burgh Castle (slott)”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Burgh Castle”. Photo: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0.