Historical place profile
Durobrivae (Water Newton)
Durobrivae was a fortified Roman garrison town that was located at what is now Water Newton, Cambridgeshire. The fort was placed at the point where Ermine Street crossed the River Nene. The name Durobrivae may be a Latinisation of the Brythonic term *Durobrīwās that translates to"fort (by the) bridges".
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:79432
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:79432
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 52.558621, -0.347948
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Durobrivae was a fortified Roman garrison town that was located at what is now Water Newton, Cambridgeshire. The fort was placed at the point where Ermine Street crossed the River Nene. The name Durobrivae may be a Latinisation of the Brythonic term *Durobrīwās that translates to"fort (by the) bridges".
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 G2 Durobrivae
Source and reuse
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Research path
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