NHER 15510 (Monument record) - Possible Roman road (Burgh Castle, poorly located)

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Summary

This is the possible course of a possible Roman road, as suggested by antiquarians in the 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish BURGH CASTLE, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

'The traces of an ancient Causeway, commencing near the Church at Burgh and running in a southeasterly direction are discoverable for several miles. Called the Jews Way on Old Surveys...doubtless of Roman construction'.
See (S1).
D. Edwards (NAU)

Later, Woodward, and then Bryant, expand this account to suggest the Jews Way as a coastal Roman road running from Caister on Sea to Brancaster.
E. Rose (NAU) 3 December 1979.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Publication: Suckling, A. 1846. The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk with Genealogical and Architectural Notices of its Several Towns and Villages. Vol I. pp 328-340.

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Record last edited

Oct 25 2022 6:43PM

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