Saxon Shore
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The Saxon Shore was a military command of the Late Roman Empire, consisting of a series of fortifications on both sides of the English Channel. It was established in the late 3rd century and was led b
Burgh Castle in Norfolk, seen from the air.
Roman masonry, with its distinctive bands of red-brick Roman tiles, can be seen in the outer walls of the Saxon Shore fort of Anderitum, which was later re-fortified as Pevensey Castle in East Sussex. The walls appear to be still standing to their original height.
The nine British Saxon Shore forts in the Notitia Dignitatum. Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Armorica
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In ancient times, Armorica or Aremorica was a region of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire that includes the Brittany Peninsula, and much of historical Normandy.
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…employed in operations against Frankish and Saxon pirates rather than to contain Saxons in Britain itself. Britain was abandoned by Rome in 410, with Armorica following soon after. The forts on both sides continued to be inhabited in the following centuries, and in Britain in particular several continued in…
A Celtic stater made from billon alloy found in Armorica