Morikambe *Eischusis
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89245
54.1184668656, -2.96049134199
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Morecambe Bay (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Morikambe Eischusis (30 BC - AD 300)
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water, open, bay
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 D6 Morikambe *Eischusis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Morecambe Bay
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Morikambe *Eischusis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89245> [accessed: 13 June 2025]
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NOT modern Morecambe Bay, which was an antiquarian mistake. More likely to be further north in Cumbria, where the rivers Wampool and Waver flow into mudflats and a large joint estuary