Robogdion Akron
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 14, 2025 04:48 PM
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History
A promontory attested in ancient sources, Robogodion Akron is possibly to be identified with modern Fair Head.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89281
55.2240926, -6.1403021
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Fair Head (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Robogdion Akron (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Robogdion Akron connection Hibernia (unspecified date range)
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cape, promontory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 A5 Robogdion? Akron
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Fair Head
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Robogdion Akron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89281> [accessed: 30 April 2025]
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