Burgh Castle

Many enjoyable trips can be made from Great Yarmouth to interesting places in the surrounding area. These include Burgh Castle, 3mi/5km southwest of the adjoining, quieter seaside resort of Gorleston. Built in about A.D. 300 the fortress, which has three walls remaining, stands above Breydon Water, the confluence of the Yare, Waveney and Bure. Known to its builders as Gariannonum, it was one of the Roman forts on the "Saxon shore".