Alchester

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 04, 2025 03:49 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=0, dare:feature=settlement

Alchester was the site of a fortified Roman town located 17 kilometers to the northeast of Oxford. The site was of Claudian date and likely on the site of a Pre-Roman Iron Age settlement. It may have been one of the earliest legionary bases in Britannia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79289

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.8781275248, -1.17163043176

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Alchester Roman Fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Alchester Fort Annex (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Associated Modern Names:
- Alchester (English, modern)

Alchester makes connections with:

None

Alchester receives connections from:

Merton Roman Camp located southeast of Alchester (AD 43 - AD 410)

Place type:
fort, settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 F3 Alchester

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Alchester

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Alchester: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79289> [accessed: 17 May 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79289 |title=Places: 79289 (Alchester) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=May 17, 2025 3:26 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}