River Gelt Roman Quarry
Creators: Scott Vanderbilt
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/449193316
54.92106, -2.740496
- Representative Locations:
- Quarry site (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- River Gelt Roman Quarry located near Hadrian's Wall (AD 43 - AD 410)
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quarry
Pleiades
This is one of several quarries from which stone was sourced in the building and maintenance of Hadrian's Wall. Also the site of several Roman inscriptions cut on the rock-face.
Scott Vanderbilt, Jeffrey Becker, and Sean Gillies, 'River Gelt Roman Quarry: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/449193316> [accessed: 08 February 2025]
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