Maia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Maxime Guénette, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Sean Gillies
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Last modified
Jan 07, 2025 03:13 PM
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History
The Roman fort of Maia located at Bowness-on-Solway, was part of the Roman defenses supporting Hadrian's Wall along the Cumbrian coast.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89239
54.9529033323, -3.21514776246
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Bowness-on-Solway Roman Fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Outline of fort walls (approx.) (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Centerpoint of the ancient site (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 200 meters.
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- Bowness-on-Solway (English, modern)
- Maia (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Mais (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Maia connection Hadrian's Wall (unspecified date range)
- Maia part of (analytical) Hadrian's Wall (Cumbrian Coast) (unspecified date range)
- Maia succeeds Milecastle 80 (unspecified date range)
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fort
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 D6 Maia
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Maxime Guénette, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, and Sean Gillies, 'Maia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89239> [accessed: 01 February 2025]
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