Arms and Armour

Burgus

A burgus (Latin, plural burgi ) or turris ("tower") is a small tower-like castrum of late antiquity, which was sometimes protected by an outwork and surrounding ditches. Timothy Darvill defines it as "a small fortified position or watchtower usually controlling a main routeway." Burgus was a term used in the later period of the Roman Empire, and particularly in the Germanic provinces.

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• ▸Henry V of England
• ▸Barcheston
• ▸Airspeed Horsa

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