Lindinis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jun 23, 2025 03:51 PM
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History
A Roman fort is thought to have been established at Lindinis (modern Ilchester) ca. 60 CE. The site protected the crossing of the Fosse Way over the River Yeo. The settlement developed in phases from the first to the fourth centuries CE. It was eventually one of only two known settlements with a stone wall in the territory of the Durotriges. The inhabitants of the town seem to have been reasonably wealthy, as a number of domestic complexes have fine mosaic pavements.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79565
51.0007680925, -2.6822676512
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Lindinis (archaeological site) (AD 750 - AD 940) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Lindinis part of (administrative) Durotriges (unspecified date range)
- Lindinis located on Fosse Way (unspecified date range)
- Lindinis located on River Yeo (South Somerset) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, archaeological site
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 E4 Lindinis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ilchester
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Lindinis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79565> [accessed: 24 June 2025]
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