- Gariannonum
Gariannonum (also written Garianonum, Gariannum) is a Roman fort near the village of
Burgh Castle in Norfolk, one of several Roman forts that were built as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts of southern Britain (the Saxon Shore). Established between 260 and the mid-270sfact|date=May 2008 to guard the River Yare (Gariannus Fluvius), it was garrisoned by the Equites Stablesiani Gariannoneses, a detachment of the elite troops of the Stablesian auxiliarycavalry . Nine miles north east is another Roman fort atCaister-on-Sea .The ruins of the fort are in the care of
English Heritage . Unlike most Roman ruins in Britain, the walls and buttresses still exist above ground level. Access is free and unrestricted.References
External links
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* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/b/burgh_castle/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Burgh Castle. (Not working 4 June 2006)
*http://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/burgh/index.htm
*http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_east_anglia/134/burghcastle.htm
*http://www.lothingland.page.co.uk/burghcastle.htm
*http://www.roman-britain.org/places/gariannum.htm
*http://www.aboutnorfolksuffolk.co.uk/114burghcastle.htm
*http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Postcard_From/burghcastle.asp
*http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/129-wall-of-burgh-castle/
*http://www.romanmap.com/htm/names/Burgh%20Castle.htm
* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/C6/Burgh_Castle_St_Peter_and_St_P/burgh_castle_st_peter_and_st_p.html Website with photos of Burgh Castle St Peter and St Paul] , around-tower church
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