Historical place profile

Camp celtique de la Bure

A Gallo-Roman settlement of a commercial nature located on the Meurthe river. Archaeological evidence for earthworks, as well as ritual activity, has been discovered. The Gallo-Roman ramparts, in a later phase, make use of marble sculpture as spolia.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:133577441
Catalogue ID
pleiades:133577441
Place type
earthwork, sanctuary, settlement
Coordinates
48.326764, 6.940044
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A Gallo-Roman settlement of a commercial nature located on the Meurthe river. Archaeological evidence for earthworks, as well as ritual activity, has been discovered. The Gallo-Roman ramparts, in a later phase, make use of marble sculpture as spolia.

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: Pleiades

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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