Historical place profile
Gosbecks
The Gosbecks farm site is the location of a Romano-Celtic temple. The shrine measures 100 meters square and a pre-Roman enclosure lies within the later temenos. The pre-Roman site was likely sacred to the war-god Camulos. Camulos was later synchronized with the Roman god Mars, although evidence for the worship of Mercury was also discovered at the site.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:79486
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:79486
- Place type
- sanctuary, settlement
- Coordinates
- 51.866819, 0.856831
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The Gosbecks farm site is the location of a Romano-Celtic temple. The shrine measures 100 meters square and a pre-Roman enclosure lies within the later temenos. The pre-Roman site was likely sacred to the war-god Camulos. Camulos was later synchronized with the Roman god Mars, although evidence for the worship of Mercury was also discovered at the site.
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 H3 Gosbecks
Source and reuse
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Research path
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