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Metchley Fort

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Gabriel Moss, Maxime Guénette

Last modified Dec 13, 2024 10:31 PM — History

A Roman fort built in the area of modern Birmingham, England, soon after the Roman invasion of A.D. 43. The fort, about 200 square meters in area, was in use periodically until its abandonment ca. A.D. 120.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973041326

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
52.4509702274, -1.93835538174

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Metchley Roman Fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Metchley Fort located on Icknield Street (30 BC - AD 300)

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Place type:
fort

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Gabriel Moss, and Maxime Guénette, 'Metchley Fort: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973041326> [accessed: 31 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973041326 |title=Places: 973041326 (Metchley Fort) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 31, 2024 12:03 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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