Durisdeer

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott, Ryan Horne, Maxime Guénette

Last modified Mar 01, 2025 09:15 PM — History

The best preserved of the series of Roman fortlets established in upper Annandale and Nithsdale, dating ca. A.D. 140.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/309231036

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
55.3256358444, -3.73091908899

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Durisdeer (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
fortlet

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Ryan Horne, and Maxime Guénette, 'Durisdeer: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/309231036> [accessed: 13 December 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/309231036 |title=Places: 309231036 (Durisdeer) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 13, 2025 4:38 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

Anthony Durham says:

Mar 03, 2025 02:54 PM

Roman Locatreve may have been near. See www.romaneranames.uk/l/locatrev.htm