Bosham Harbour

a Pleiades place resource

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A natural harborage used by Claudian forces during the invasion of Britain and described by Ptolemy.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/110448342

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.8321903, -0.8554654

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Bosham (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Bosham (English, modern)

Bosham Harbour makes connections with:

None

Bosham Harbour receives connections from:

None

Place type:
port, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

See Also:

Wikipedia (English) Bosham

Related:

GeoNames 2655143: Bosham

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Bosham Harbour: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/110448342> [accessed: 12 October 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/110448342 |title=Places: 110448342 (Bosham Harbour) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 12, 2024 8:38 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

Anthony Durham says:

Sep 01, 2023 06:25 PM

Bosham MIGHT have been one landing place for Roman invasion forces and MIGHT have been Ptolemy's 'great harbour', but it is wrong to assert those claims so confidently. It would be safer to draw attention to the nearby villa/palace at Fishbourne.