Historical place profile

Old Winteringham

Site of extensive Roman occupation and possible Claudio-Neronian military base where Ermine Street crosses the river Humber, opposite the fort at Petuaria (Brough-on-Humber).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:308048141
Catalogue ID
pleiades:308048141
Place type
fort-2, settlement
Coordinates
53.681523, -0.567806
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Site of extensive Roman occupation and possible Claudio-Neronian military base where Ermine Street crosses the river Humber, opposite the fort at Petuaria (Brough-on-Humber).

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: Pleiades

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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