Historical place profile

Unnamed settlement north of Khelil, Algeria

Remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas). The location should lie within 1 km of the BAtlas coordinates: a point in the territory of modern Khelil, north of the modern road connecting Khelil and Bordj Zemoura and just east of the tertiary modern road that leaves it going north to Ouled Rabeh. Bordj Bou Arreridj wilaya.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:263285796
Catalogue ID
pleiades:263285796
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
36.267673, 4.958182
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas). The location should lie within 1 km of the BAtlas coordinates: a point in the territory of modern Khelil, north of the modern road connecting Khelil and Bordj Zemoura and just east of the tertiary modern road that leaves it going north to Ouled Rabeh. Bordj Bou Arreridj wilaya.

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 31 B4

Source and reuse

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Research path

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