Burgh Castle (Gariannonum) in Norfolk commanded the southern shore of the Breydon Water estuary, protecting the approaches to the Yare, Bure, and Waveney rivers against Saxon raiders. Its massive walls — still standing to over 3 metres in places — were built with external bastions to mount artillery for anti-ship fire. Its garrison of Stablesian cavalry is recorded in the Notitia Dignitatum.
Equites Stablesiani cavalry regiment and Saxon Shore infantry garrison
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