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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 Saint Weonards in Herefordshire.
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 6c which goes from Leintwardine - Monmouth(Leintwardine - Monmouth)commonly known as 'Watling Street'.
Icon Key:
Roman Town
Roman Watch Tower

6c - Leintwardine to Monmouth
(Leintwardine to Monmouth)
commonly known as 'Watling Street'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 6c starting near Hereford in Herefordshire ending near Monmouth in Monmouthshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Hereford  Herefordshire
Grafton  Herefordshire
Hereford  Herefordshire
Saint Weonards  Herefordshire
Hereford  Herefordshire
Monmouth  Herefordshire
Current translation for Hereford
  here derived from haere - foreign troops
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Hereford(Worcestershire)
Herefordie(Herefordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Grafton
  graf derived from graf - a grove of trees
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Graftona(Yorkshire)
Graftone(Yorkshire)
Graptone(Oxfordshire)
Graston(Warwickshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hereford
  here derived from haere - foreign troops
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Hereford(Worcestershire)
Herefordie(Herefordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Saint Weonards
  saint derived from sanctus - saint
  weonards derived from weonard - a celtic saint
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hereford
  here derived from haere - foreign troops
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Hereford(Worcestershire)
Herefordie(Herefordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Monmouth
  mon derived from mon - man
  mouth derived from muða - mouth of a river
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Watch Tower
Ariconium Roman Watch Tower Herefordshire 
Roman Town
Corinium Dobunnorum Roman Town Gloucestershire Modern name is Cirencester


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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