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Burgh Castle Roman Fort
Burgh Castle was built in the late third or early fourth centuries as part of a string of forts around the south and east coasts stretching from Porchester in Hampshire to Brancaster in north Norfolk. The fort now overlooks a large expanse of grazing marshes to the west which once formed a great inland estuary. Breydon Water is the last remnant of that estuary today.
The walls are built of flint and mortar and the wall faces are made with carefully knapped flints interspersed with layers of red Roman tile. There are massive rounded bastions at the corners and at intervals along the walls.
Burgh Castle Roman Fort
Burgh Castle was built in the late third or early fourth centuries as part of a string of forts around the south and east coasts stretching from Porchester in Hampshire to Brancaster in north Norfolk. The fort now overlooks a large expanse of grazing marshes to the west which once formed a great inland estuary. Breydon Water is the last remnant of that estuary today.
The walls are built of flint and mortar and the wall faces are made with carefully knapped flints interspersed with layers of red Roman tile. There are massive rounded bastions at the corners and at intervals along the walls.