Martinhoe

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Maxime Guénette

Last modified Jan 29, 2025 11:36 PM — History

A small Roman fortlet on cliffs overlooking Heddon's Mouth on the north Devon coast.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/825003513

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.2274975, -3.9160326

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Martinhoe makes connections with:

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Martinhoe receives connections from:

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Place type:
fortlet

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Maxime Guénette, 'Martinhoe: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/825003513> [accessed: 16 June 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/825003513 |title=Places: 825003513 (Martinhoe) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 16, 2026 5:06 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

Anthony Durham says:

Feb 03, 2025 01:56 PM

Probably Roman Giano at the start of the British section of the Cosmography