Corda?
a Pleiades
place
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Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, Sean Gillies
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Jan 14, 2025 04:42 PM
A Roman fort probably to be equated with the site at present-day Castledykes.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89139
55.6798551169, -3.70546965583
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Boundary of fort walls (approx.) (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Less than certain: Castledykes (English, modern)
- Less than certain: Corda (30 BC - AD 300)
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fort
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 D5 Corda?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Castledykes
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, and Sean Gillies, 'Corda?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89139> [accessed: 08 July 2025]
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Castledykes is top candidate to be Ptolemy's Κορδα, but the Cosmography's Corda might be different (??Kirkcudbright). See www.romaneranames.uk/c/corda.htm