Historical place profile
Melabron?
A Hellenistic-and-Roman-era site, sometimes locally referred to as Palaiokastro, on the northwest coast of Cyprus, west of the modern village of Ag. Eirini. Archaeological investigation also produced evidence of Bronze Age habitation here. The historical site is possibly to be identified with the attested name Melabron.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:707579
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:707579
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.303970, 32.940179
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Hellenistic-and-Roman-era site, sometimes locally referred to as Palaiokastro, on the northwest coast of Cyprus, west of the modern village of Ag. Eirini. Archaeological investigation also produced evidence of Bronze Age habitation here. The historical site is possibly to be identified with the attested name Melabron.
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 72 B2 Melabron?
Source and reuse
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Research path
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