Historical place profile
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz
A Gallo-Roman settlement that persisted until the fourth century of the modern era at modern La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz. Known since the 20th century, rescue excavations ahead of a housing development on the southwest edge of the modern town were conducted in 2022 and revealed a sanctuary of Mars, a civic bath complex, and a late-antique necropolis. The site's ancient name(s) are unknown.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:69486
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:69486
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 48.175054, -1.739118
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Gallo-Roman settlement that persisted until the fourth century of the modern era at modern La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz. Known since the 20th century, rescue excavations ahead of a housing development on the southwest edge of the modern town were conducted in 2022 and revealed a sanctuary of Mars, a civic bath complex, and a late-antique necropolis. The site's ancient name(s) are unknown.
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 7 E3 La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz
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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