Oktapitaron Akron

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 14, 2025 10:28 AM — History

A headland located in southwest Wales which marks the divide between the Irish Sea and the Celtic Sea.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79628

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.9030217, -5.3127212

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of St David's Head (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Oktapitaron Akron (30 BC - AD 300)
- Penmaen Dewi (Welsh, modern)
- St David's Head (English, modern)

Oktapitaron Akron makes connections with:

None

Oktapitaron Akron receives connections from:

None

Place type:
cape, promontory, promuntory

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 B3 Oktapitaron Akron

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: St. David’s Head

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Oktapitaron Akron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79628> [accessed: 17 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79628 |title=Places: 79628 (Oktapitaron Akron) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=May 17, 2026 2:50 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

Anthony Durham says:

Feb 17, 2025 11:42 AM

Οκταπιταρον (οκτω ‘eight’ + πιτυρον ‘dandruff’) points to the offshore islands (notably Ramsey) rather than St David's Head on land. See http://www.romaneranames.uk/o/octapita.htm