Bosham Harbour
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/110448342
50.8321903, -0.8554654
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- OSM location of Bosham (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bosham (English, modern)
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port, settlement-modern
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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]
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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.