Historical place profile
Salinae
Salinae is a Romano-British site of ca. 20 ha located at the confluence of the Dane and Croco rivers, some 30 km east of Chester. The site was occupied by the late first century A.D. and remained in use until the fourth century. The Roman road from Lancaster to Littlechester formed the main north-south street axis of the site.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:79667
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:79667
- Place type
- fort-2, settlement
- Coordinates
- 53.198889, -2.447328
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Salinae is a Romano-British site of ca. 20 ha located at the confluence of the Dane and Croco rivers, some 30 km east of Chester. The site was occupied by the late first century A.D. and remained in use until the fourth century. The Roman road from Lancaster to Littlechester formed the main north-south street axis of 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 E1 Salinae
Source and reuse
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Research path
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