Historical place profile
(Iulia) Myrtilis
An ancient settlement at modern Mértola (Portugal) on the west bank of the Guadiana river (ancient Anas). The town is mentioned in Roman sources, but most of the monumental archaeology dates to the Muslim period or later (including a number of large piers previously misidentified as a Roman bridge).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:256234
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:256234
- Place type
- bridge, settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 37.638438, -7.662961
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement at modern Mértola (Portugal) on the west bank of the Guadiana river (ancient Anas). The town is mentioned in Roman sources, but most of the monumental archaeology dates to the Muslim period or later (including a number of large piers previously misidentified as a Roman bridge).
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 26 C4 (Iulia) Myrtilis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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