*Coriosopitum/Coria
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Jan 09, 2025 08:51 AM
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A Roman town and fort at present-day Corbridge.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89152
54.9781893832, -2.02929153114
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Centerpoint of the ancient site (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Corbridge Roman Town Fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Corbridge (English, modern)
- Coria (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Coriosopitum (30 BC - AD 640)
- Corstopitum (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- *Coriosopitum/Coria located on Dere Street (AD 43 - AD 410)
- *Coriosopitum/Coria located on Stanegate (AD 43 - AD 410)
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fort, station (road or coastal), settlement
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 9 E6 *Coriosopitum/Coria
- Bishop 1988
- Breeze 2006 416-27
- English Heritage: CORBRIDGE ROMAN TOWN - HADRIAN'S WALL
- New Pauly Corstopitum
- PECS (Perseus) CORSTOPITUM (Corbridge) Northumberland, England
- PastScape monument no. 18511
- RBrit Corstopitvm/coriosopitvm Stanegate Fort & Settlement Corbridge, Northumberland
- WHL 430ter-026: Corbridge (Corstopitum) Roman station
- Wikipedia (English) Coria (Corbridge)
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 E6 *Coriosopitum/Coria
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, '*Coriosopitum/Coria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89152> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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Corstopitum on iter 1 of the Antonine Itinerary was not the same as Coria. It was most likely 5km north of Corbridge, at a road junction on high ground near Beukley.