Historical place profile
Stonea
Stonea, also referred to as Stonea Iron Age Camp, is located near March in the Cambridgeshire Fens in eastern England. Occupation of the hill fort begins ca. 500 BCE. Roman activity could be related to a military engagement in 47 CE mentioned by Tacitus. This engagement was between the Iceni tribe and Roman auxiliaries commanded by Ostorius Scapula.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:79696
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:79696
- Place type
- fortified-settlement, settlement
- Coordinates
- 52.516338, 0.131791
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Stonea, also referred to as Stonea Iron Age Camp, is located near March in the Cambridgeshire Fens in eastern England. Occupation of the hill fort begins ca. 500 BCE. Roman activity could be related to a military engagement in 47 CE mentioned by Tacitus. This engagement was between the Iceni tribe and Roman auxiliaries commanded by Ostorius Scapula.
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 H2 Stonea
Source and reuse
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