Dover Castle

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Gabriel Moss

Last modified Dec 13, 2024 08:51 AM — History

The twelfth-century medieval castle of Dover, England, sits atop earlier Roman fortifications.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973289406

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.1287987654, 1.32255536675

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Dover Castle (AD 640 - Present) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Dover Castle makes connections with:

Dover Castle succeeds Portus Dubris (unspecified date range)

Dover Castle receives connections from:

None

Place type:
castle

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Dover Castle

Related:

Wikidata Dover Castle (Q950970)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Gabriel Moss, 'Dover Castle: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973289406> [accessed: 26 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973289406 |title=Places: 973289406 (Dover Castle) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 26, 2025 10:43 am |publisher=Pleiades}}