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This map is showing 'Roman Implied, Roman Actual named locations ' of type 'Roman City, Roman Town, Roman Villa, Roman Major Fort, Roman Watch Tower, Roman Port, Roman Bloomery' centered on Kelvedon in Essex.
Map Logic
This map shows Roman roads shown in black derived from Ivan D Margary 'Roman Roads in Britain' published in 1955. These maps are plotted as accurately as is possible from the books. There are problems with mapping 50 years later as there have been significant road and town changes which have hidden some of the original places mentioned in the texts.

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

Major Roman locations are shown as icons, please click the icon for the modern location and its Roman name.

This map shows the Roman Road course described by Ivan D Margary as 3b which goes from Chelmesford - Colchester(The Great Road, Chelmesford - Colchester)commonly known as 'The Great Road'.
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Roman Major Fort

3b - Chelmesford to Colchester
(The Great Road, Chelmesford to Colchester)
commonly known as 'The Great Road'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 3b starting near Chelmsford in Essex ending near Colchester in Essex ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Chelmsford  Essex
Boreham  Essex
Hatfield Peverel  Essex
Chelmsford  Essex
Witham  Essex
Kelvedon  Essex
Marks Tey  Essex
Stanway  Essex
Colchester  Essex
Current translation for Chelmsford
  chel derived from ceosel - Gravel or shingle
  ms derived from mesan - eating
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Celmeresfort(Essex)
Cheneboltuna(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Boreham
  bore derived from boring - place where a tidal bore takes place - narrow point of a river between two hills
  ham derived from hamm - Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Borham(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hatfield Peverel
H we cannot translate at the moment
  at derived from æt - at (near)
  field derived from feld - a field however quite a number were derived from welle a well
Pev we cannot translate at the moment
  er derived from ere - a person
  el derived from el - person
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Hadfelda(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Chelmsford
  chel derived from ceosel - Gravel or shingle
  ms derived from mesan - eating
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Celmeresfort(Essex)
Cheneboltuna(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Witham
  with derived from wiðie - a withy - willow band
  am derived from hamm - Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Witham(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Kelvedon
Kelved we cannot translate at the moment
  ending in on derived from tƿrn - a high place. Usually a village or a location originally settled on hills.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Chellevadana(Essex)
Chellevedana(Essex)
Kelenduna(Essex)
Kelvenduna(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Marks Tey
  mark derived from maerc - a boundary
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  tey derived from twy - a twig or shoot
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Teia(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Stanway
  stan derived from stan - stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone
  way derived from weg - a means of access - track or road
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Stanewega(Essex)
Staneweie(Shropshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Colchester
  col derived from coln - river colne/pebble stones
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Colecastro(Essex)
Colecestra(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Major Fort
Othona Roman Major Fort Essex Modern name is Bradwell-on-sea


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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