Burgh Castle
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Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the south bank of the River Waveney, near Great Yarmouth, some 6 km west of Great Yarmouth and within the Broads National Park.[1]
The civil parish has an area of 6.76 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 955 in 376 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish today falls within the district of Great Yarmouth. However prior to the Local Government Act 1972, the parish was within Lothingland Rural District in Suffolk.[2][3]
[edit] History
Burgh Castle is the site of 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). The Roman fort was known as Garrianonum. Its garrison consisted of a detachment of the elite troops of the Stablesian auxiliary cavalry. Nine miles north east is another Roman castle at Caister-on-Sea.
The ruins of Burgh Castle are in the care of English Heritage. They afford good views over Breydon Water, the Halvergate Marshes and Berney Arms windpump.
The church of Burgh Castle St Peter and St Paul is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
- ^ Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 1 Part II Non-metropolitan counties.
[edit] External links
- Map sources for 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
- Website with photos of Burgh Castle St Peter and St Paul, a round-tower church
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