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Alauna/Alione

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 11, 2024 03:41 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=0, dare:feature=fort, UWHS

A Roman fort at present-day Maryport. Part of Cumbrian coastal defenses.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89097

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.720887, -3.49391

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Centerpoint of the ancient site (AD 43 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 200 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Alauna (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Alione (30 BC - AD 640)
- Maryport (English, modern)

Alauna/Alione makes connections with:

Alauna/Alione connection Hadrian's Wall (Cumbrian Coast) (unspecified date range)

Alauna/Alione receives connections from:

Hadrian's Wall (Cumbrian Coast) connection Alauna/Alione (unspecified date range)

Place type:
fort

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 D6 Alauna/Alione

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Alauna/Alione: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89097> [accessed: 21 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89097 |title=Places: 89097 (Alauna/Alione) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=December 21, 2024 8:47 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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