Elginhaugh Roman fort
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Scott Vanderbilt
Creators: Scott Vanderbilt
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Last modified
Nov 10, 2019 09:51 AM
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History
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fort
Site of the most completely excavated timber-built auxiliary fort (with annexe) in the Roman Empire, situated in present-day Midlothian, Scotland. Roman occupation was short-lived, having been established in the early 70s CE and abandoned in or shortly after 86. Now completely built over by the Royal Bank of Scotland Data Centre.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/217976835
55.8943592662, -3.08564182094
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Elginhaugh Roman fort (AD 43 - AD 410)
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fort, tower (deprecated)
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Pleiades
Scott Vanderbilt, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Elginhaugh Roman fort: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/217976835> [accessed: 13 August 2022]
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