Upton-by-Chester

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

Last modified May 28, 2025 03:00 PM — History

A Roman camp was identified via crop marks in 1989 and confirmed thereafter. It covers an area of approximately 1.2 hectares. The site is located in two fields to the west of the lane from Acres Lane to Upton Grange.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/2297027

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
53.2200003, -2.868815

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Roman marching camp (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Upton-by-Chester makes connections with:

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Upton-by-Chester receives connections from:

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Place type:
military installation or camp, temporary

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See Further:

PastScape Monument Number 1083055

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Upton-by-Chester: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/2297027> [accessed: 24 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/2297027 |title=Places: 2297027 (Upton-by-Chester) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 24, 2025 3:05 am |publisher=Pleiades}}