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Pontes

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott
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Last modified Aug 28, 2023 08:32 AM History
An ancient settlement, identified with modern Staines-upon-Thames.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79642

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settlement, settlement-modern

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 G3 Pontes

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Staines


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A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Scott Vanderbilt, and Tom Elliott, 'Pontes: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79642> [accessed: 29 March 2024]

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Anthony Durham
Anthony Durham says:
Sep 02, 2023 10:50 AM

Mileages on iter 7 of the Antonine Itinerary locate Pontibus at or near modern Cascade Bridge, SU978685, at the south end of Virginia Water Lake (where there is now a bridge) and not at Staines, where no one has ever found evidence for a Roman bridge despite much looking.