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Scarborough

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Charlotte Tupman, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Gabriel Moss

Last modified Apr 18, 2017 06:12 AM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=0, dare:feature=fort, signal station

On Castle Hill, Scarborough, a Roman signal station was established ca. A.D. 370 that remained in use until the early fifth century. A medieval castle was established ca. A.D. 1135.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89285

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.28244155, -0.40572895

Locations:

DARMC location 19199 (AD 300 - AD 640)
OSM location for Centerpoint of modern Scarborough (modern)

Names:

None

Makes a connection with:

None

Has a connection with:

Scarborough Castle (Attested dates needed)
Roman signal station at Scarborough (Attested dates needed)

Place type:
fort, tower

References:

See Further:

Related:

TM GEO ID 14786

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 G6 Scarborough

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Scarborough

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Charlotte Tupman, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Gabriel Moss, 'Scarborough: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89285> [accessed: 30 May 2017]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89285 |title=Places: 89285 (Scarborough) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=May 30, 2017 5:11 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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