Flint, knapped or unknapped, has been used since antiquity ( for example at the Late Roman fort of Burgh Castle in Norfolk ) up to the present day as a material for building stone walls, using lime mortar, and often combined with other available stone or brick rubble.

File: Gariannonum Burgh Castle south wall well preserved close up. jpg | Close-up of the wall of the Roman shore fort at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, showing alternating courses of flint and brick

De Burgh was the son of Walter de Burgh of Burgh Castle, Norfolk.

In the early years of John's reign de Burgh was greatly enriched by royal favour, receiving the honour of Corfe in 1199 and three important castles in the Welsh Marches in 1201 ( Grosmont Castle, Skenfrith Castle, and Llantilio Castle ).

When Henry III came of age in 1227 de Burgh was made lord of Montgomery Castle in the Welsh Marches and Earl of Kent.

Walter de Burgh of Burgh Castle, Norfolk.

* Remfry, P. M., Grosmont Castle and the families of Fitz Osbern, Ballon, Fitz Count, Burgh and Braose ( ISBN 1-899376-56-9 )

* Burgh Castle

Finally the Waveney flows past Burgh Castle into Breydon Water at the confluence of the two rivers.

Church of St Peter and St Paul at Burgh Castle

Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Since William Camden, Burgh Castle has been suggested as the site of " Cnobheresburg ", the unknown place ( a castrum or fort ) in East Anglia, where in about 630 the first Irish monastery in southern England was founded by Saint Fursey as part of the Hiberno-Scottish mission described by Bede.

The Roman fort at Burgh Castle was excavated by Charles Green during 1958-61.

A detailed report by Norfolk Museums Service in 1983 ( East Anglian Archaeology 20 ) shows that there was never any monastic settlement in Burgh Castle itself.

The church of Burgh Castle St Peter and St Paul is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

The civil parish of Burgh Castle has an area of 6. 76 km < sup > 2 </ sup > and in the 2001 census had a population of 955 in 376 households.

That " New Burgh " was founded in 1069, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as such.

* June 6 – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster is murdered and the Burke Civil War begins in Ireland.

* The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by David I of Scotland.

Critical events of Henry's reign are well described, including the dismissal of Peter des Roches ( after a politically loaded riddle by Roger Bacon is answered by Henry ), the ejection of Poitevins from England, the conflict with Hubert de Burgh, the marriage of Eleanor with Simon de Montfort, and finally the accession of Henry's son, Edward I after the battle of Evesham.

Burgh Island is a small tidal island off the coast of South Devon in England near to the small seaside village of Bigbury-on-Sea.

Burgh Island is well-known today as the location of a restored 1920s Art Deco style hotel.

Burgh Island is closely linked to Agatha Christie, as it served as the inspirational setting for both And Then There Were None as well as the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun. The hotel and its eloquent Art Deco styling was also a bolt hole in the 1930s for the likes of London's rich and famous, including Noël Coward.

* The community council for Elgin is called City and Royal Burgh of Elgin Community Council.

Hubert is one of the possible de Burgh's that received the coat of arms ; it is said that Richard I dipped his finger in the blood of a slain Saracen king, put a red cross on the gold shield of de Burgh, and said " for your bravery this will be your crest ".

Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council (, Ulster Scots: Rathgannon an Sooth Owenslann Burgh Cooncil ) is a local council in Northern Ireland.

Breydon Water is overlooked at the southern end by the remains of the Roman fort at Burgh Castle.

According to another theory, the name is a corruption of two words which mean the Friars ’ Hill ; those who favour this idea allege that St. Ninian, by planting a religious house near the head of what is now the Friars ’ Vennel, at the close of the fourth century, became the virtual founder of the Burgh ; however Ninian, so far as is known, did not originate any monastic establishments anywhere and was simply a missionary.

It is a former Royal Burgh.

The Royal Burgh of Cromarty (; Cromba in Gaelic ) is a burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

Dunbar is a former Royal Burgh and gave its name to an ecclesiastical and civil parish.

The death of Arthur is a vital ingredient in Shakespeare's history play King John, in which Arthur is portrayed as a child whose innocence dissuades Hubert de Burgh from committing the murder demanded by King John.

This is presented as the lengthy narrative of the aged Hubert de Burgh, who is supposed to have saved Arthur's life and accompanied him on crusade to the Holy Land, where he becomes King of Jerusalem and eventually returns to England, defeats King John and kills his son Henry Plantagenet ( the historical Henry III ) in single combat.

The Rigby family took Mistley Hall in Essex as the site of their manor, but was descended from the Rigby of Burgh family.

It occupies ground overlooking the confluence of the Tweed and Teviot waters, the site of what was once the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh and the intended southern centre for the developing Scottish kingdom at that time.

A Burh is an Old English name for a fortified town or other defended site, ( e. g., at Burgh Castle ), sometimes centred upon a hill fort though always intended as a place of permanent settlement, its origin was in military defence ; " it represented only a stage, though a vitally important one, in the evolution of the medieval English borough and of the medieval town ", H. R. Loyn asserted.

In 1228 Llywelyn was engaged in a campaign against Hubert de Burgh, who was Justiciar of England and Ireland and one of the most powerful men in the kingdom.

Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent ( c. 1160 – before 5 May 1243 ) was Earl of Kent, Justiciar of England and Ireland, and one of the most influential men in England during the reigns of John and Henry III.

Cottonwood, a nearby settlement, was always associated with " Holladay's Burgh ," and the area was first designated " Big Cottonwood ," and later, as one of Salt Lake County's unincorporated communities, as " Holladay-Cottonwood ".

In 1833 the Burgh Reform Act made Leith a Parliamentary Burgh, which jointly with Portobello and Musselburgh was represented by one member of Parliament.

Walton Hall was one of six manors, including the manors at Silkstone and Cawthorne and the De Burgh manors in North Yorkshire, that she lived at through the year.

Her duet with Chris De Burgh was one of the highlights of the album.

Since their foundation, " The Burgh ," have been based at James Y. Keanie Park ( named after the builder who donated the land The club was built upon ), but have much-delayed plans afoot to relocate within the next couple of years to a new ground at the more central Thomas Shanks Memorial Park less than one mile away, built in conjunction with the local council: the perpetually poor drainage at Keanie Park resulting in the regular postponement of home fixtures during the winter months has been a severe financial drain on the side.

Farme Cross is one of the Boundary Areas of the Royal Burgh and is surrounded by the River Clyde and the City of Glasgow ( Dalmarnock ).

Cambuskenneth was one of the more important abbeys in Scotland, due in part to its proximity to the Royal Burgh of Stirling, a leading urban centre of the country and sometime capital.

Their eldest sons were coheirs to all of Mrs. Dixie's noble claims ; in 1909, the senior great-grandsons of her daughters petitioned to each have one title drawn out of abeyance for himself: the heir of the eldest daughter petitioned for the Barony of Burgh, the heir of the fourth daughter for the Barony of Cobham, and the heir of the youngest daughter for the Barony of Strabolgi.

None of this affected Elizabeth Brooke's rights, and the abeyance was eventually resolved in favour one of her descendants ; but her family was not welcomed by King James or his son: William Brooke, her son, was restored in blood in 1610, but not to the Barony of Cobham ; he did not request the Barony of Burgh.

In July 1962, the station received one of its highest honours, the Civic Freedom of the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Forres, allowing Kinloss personnel the right to march through the burgh with swords drawn.

This supports the view that Clare Camp ( OS TL768458, at the north end of the town, just behind Bridewell Street ) with its double ditches, one of the most impressive of its kind in Suffolk, is from that period ; with an area of 2. 9 hectares, it is second only to Burgh Castle.

At this time, Blackness was the main port serving the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, one of the main residences of the Scottish monarch.

Ardrossan was one of the last towns in Scotland to be made a Burgh, in 1846, with a Provost, magistrates and commissioners.

The Burgh motto was the Latin Alter Alterius Auxilio Veget, which roughly translates as ' the one flourishes by the help of the other.

A book of genealogies recorded in the 15th century by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, one of the Four Masters ( published in Annalecta Hibernica 18 ), indicates that the mother of Richard Mor de Burgh, William's son and successor, was the " daughter of the Saxon king ", an illegitimate daughter of Henry II of England or perhaps Richard I of England.

The de Burgh lands in Connaught were being held by de Burgh, John de Livet, likely the son of Gilbert de Lyvet, one of the earliest Lord Mayors of Dublin and Marmaduke de Eschales ( Scales ).

He was survived by at least one son, Sir William Liath de Burgh, Custos or Warden of Ireland, who married Una, a daughter of the Mac Jordan of Connacht, and died in 1324.

They had one child, Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster.