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Jura (island)

a Pleiades place resource

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One of the Inner Hebrides islands of Scotland with evidence of human habitation stretching back to the Mesolithic period. It is one possible identification for an ancient "Riginia" island mentioned in ancient sources.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/860944717

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
55.9770549084, -5.89519845652

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Jura (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Jura (island) makes connections with:

Less than certain: Jura (island) same as Riginia (unspecified date range)

Jura (island) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Jura (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/860944717> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/860944717 |title=Places: 860944717 (Jura (island)) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=April 25, 2024 12:27 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Jura (island)