Britains 2nd Largest Roman Castle, & the Sunset from there last night

[tonybloke]

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[tonybloke]

[manicscousers]

love the sunset, summer at last  ;D

[GrannieAnnie]

But what is it called and where is it?
Beautiful shots. Can you imagine building that wall with no machinery??

[tonybloke]

Burgh Castle, East Norfolk (near great yarmouth, but we don't mention it!)

[Robert_Brenchley]

They built more impressive things than that with no machinery! What do you think legionaries did when there wasn't any fighting on? I don't know about Burgh, but Hadrian's Wall was divided into sections and each section built by a specific unit. They left plaques marked with the names of the units responsible for each.

[GrannieAnnie]

That's just what I need- some idle legionaires to build me a garden wall.
Where are they when you really need 'em? >:(

[OllieC]

Where are they when you really need 'em? >:(

lol - I don't think they made it as far as you, GA!!! Well, by the time they did, they were opening pizza shops.

[GrannieAnnie]

Where are they when you really need 'em? >:(

lol - I don't think they made it as far as you, GA!!! Well, by the time they did, they were opening pizza shops.

Hahahaha! :D We must have a lot of legionaires that made it here then! Pizza on every corner of this university town.

[tonybloke]

the castle was surrounded by a single wall and enclosed 7 acres. a cavalry brigade was stationed there to protect the river mouth.It's still a great listening and viewing post, views across the marshes are spectacular! (also built a long time before hadrian even existed!) ;)