Vinovia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Maxime Guénette, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Sean Gillies

Last modified Feb 12, 2025 08:51 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=0, dare:feature=fort

Vinovia was a Roman fort, now known as Binchester Roman fort, established ca. A.D. 79 to guard the crossing of Dere Street on the River Wear.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89316

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.6765887433, -1.67663262903

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Boundary of fort walls (approx.) (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Binchester Roman Fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Binchester (English, modern)
- Vinovia (30 BC - AD 640)

Vinovia makes connections with:

Vinovia connection Dere Street (unspecified date range)

Vinovia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fort

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 F6 Vinovia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Binchester

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Maxime Guénette, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, and Sean Gillies, 'Vinovia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89316> [accessed: 18 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89316 |title=Places: 89316 (Vinovia) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=April 18, 2025 6:53 am |publisher=Pleiades}}