Lancaster Castle

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 29, 2025 01:59 PM — History

A Medieval castle that was established in the eleventh century on the site of a Roman fort that overlooked a crossing of the River Lune.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/902277617

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.0498808821, -2.8053034759

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Lancaster Castle (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Lancaster Castle makes connections with:

Lancaster Castle succeeds Lancaster (unspecified date range)

Lancaster Castle receives connections from:

None

Place type:
castle

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Lancaster Castle

Related:

Wikidata Lancaster Castle (Q2969640)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

A Medieval castle built, perhaps, on the site of the Roman fort.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Lancaster Castle: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/902277617> [accessed: 16 February 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/902277617 |title=Places: 902277617 (Lancaster Castle) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 16, 2025 9:44 am |publisher=Pleiades}}