Gabrantouikes
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne
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Nov 17, 2023 09:53 PM
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History
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 9 F6 Gabrantouikes
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89187
54.3188603499, -0.85217204283
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.
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- Gabrantouikes (30 BC - AD 300)
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map label location, people, tribe (historical cultural group)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 F6 Gabrantouikes
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: East Yorkshire
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Ryan Horne, 'Gabrantouikes: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89187> [accessed: 26 December 2024]
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Gabrantwikōn harbour refers to Bridlington Bay (much altered since Roman times), where part of the name survives in the Gypsey Race river. The notion that this name refers to a tribe of 'goat fighters' is nonsense.