Historical place profile

Bannovallum

Site of Roman settlement attested in the Ravenna Cosmography, referring to either of the small towns situated at Caistor or Horncastle in Lincolnshire.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:79314
Catalogue ID
pleiades:79314
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
53.208090, -0.114724
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Site of Roman settlement attested in the Ravenna Cosmography, referring to either of the small towns situated at Caistor or Horncastle in Lincolnshire.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 G1 Bannovallum

Source and reuse

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Research path

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