page_title: Burgus
hierarchical_section_title: Burgus
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Rekonstruktionsversuch und Befundplan des römischen Ländeburgus von Zullestein (D), Zustand 4. Jhdt.n.Chr.
context_page_description: A burgus or turris is a small, tower-like fort of the Late Antiquity, which was sometimes protected by an outwork and surrounding ditches. Darvill defines it as "a small fortified position or watch-tower usually controlling a main routeway."
  Burgus was a term used in the later period of the Roman Empire, and particularly in the Germanic provinces.
context_section_description: A burgus (Latin, plural burgi ) or turris ("tower") is a small, tower-like fort of the Late Antiquity, which was sometimes protected by an outwork and surrounding ditches. Darvill defines it as "a small fortified position or watch-tower usually controlling a main routeway."
  Burgus was a term used in the later period of the Roman Empire, and particularly in the Germanic provinces.
caption: Artist's impression of the Ländeburgus at Zullestein (D) with site plan
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