Looking ENE at Burgh Castle Roman fort built in the C3rdAD against Saxon raiders: part of the S wall leans outwards revealing its internal structure.

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Looking ENE at Burgh Castle Roman fort built in the C3rdAD against Saxon raiders: part of the S wall leans outwards revealing its internal structure. SE projecting bastion & E wall to the rear. Around 630AD the fort was granted by King Sigebert of East Anglia to Irish Abbot St Fursey to set up a monastery.

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Size: 4961px × 3750px
Location: Burgh Castle Roman Fort, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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