Looking NW at the S wall (L) & SE projecting bastion of Burgh Castle Roman fort, Norfolk, built in the C3rdAD against Saxon raiders.


Looking NW at the S wall (L) & SE projecting bastion of Burgh Castle Roman fort built in the C3rdAD against Saxon raiders. Around 630AD it was granted by King Sigebert of East Anglia to Irish Abbot St Fursey to set up a monastery. Berney Arms windmill is just visible to the rear across Burgh Castle Reach


Size: 4943px × 3853px
Location: Burgh Castle Roman Fort, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, ages, anglia, archaeological, archaeology, arms, banded, bastion, berney, black--white, breydon, bricks, britain, british, broads, burgh, castle, celtic, christian, dark, defence, defences, early, east, eastern, england, english, exterior, flint, flints, fort, fortification, fortifications, fursey, great, heritage, historic, history, invasion, irish, isles, king, kingdom, masonry, medieval, monastery, monochrome, monument, national, norfolk, park, roman, saint, saxon, saxons, shore, sigebert, southeast, st, stone, tiles, tower, trust, turret, uk, united, wall, walling, water, windmill, yarmouth