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Portchester Castle

a Pleiades place resource

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An eleventh-century castle was built on the site of the Roman fort known as Portus Adurni. Portchester Castle is located at Portchester, to the east of Fareham in Hampshire, England.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/607646886

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.8372382657, -1.11412084827

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Portchester Castle (AD 1000 - AD 1099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Portchester Castle (English, modern)

Portchester Castle makes connections with:

Portchester Castle succeeds Portus ‘Adurni’? (unspecified date range)

Portchester Castle receives connections from:

None

Place type:
castle

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See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Portchester Castle

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Portchester Castle: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/607646886> [accessed: 12 January 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/607646886 |title=Places: 607646886 (Portchester Castle) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=January 12, 2025 6:59 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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