Blatobulgium
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, R. Talbert
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Dec 16, 2024 08:58 PM
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History
A Roman fort at present-day Birrens, cited: BAtlas 9 D5 Blatobulgium
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89117
55.0649964824, -3.224381249
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Boundary of fort walls (approx.) (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Blatobulgium (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Birrens (English, modern)
- Blatobulgium (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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fort, archaeological site
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 D5 Blatobulgium
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, and R. Talbert, 'Blatobulgium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89117> [accessed: 02 February 2025]
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Blatobulgium's identification with Birrens rests upon Kenneth Jackson's unjustified guess that the name was built in a Celtic language. It is more likely to belong to the Roman camp involved in besieging the hill fort at Burnwark.