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ID: 6006306
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6006306
Record Type:
administrative
Housesteads (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 55 01 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 55.0167
decimal degrees
Long: 002 20 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.3333
decimal degrees
Note:
Fort founded by the Romans located on Hadrian's Wall, south of the curtain wall.
Names:
Housesteads
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Vercovicium
(
H
,
V
)
............
Roman name
Borcovicus
(
H
,
V
)
............
ancient
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Northumberland
(county) (
P
)
....................
Housesteads
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Roman Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
P,
H
)
........
Britannia
(province) (
P
)
............
Housesteads
(deserted settlement) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall
archaeological site (
C
)
............
large vicus, gateway, temples and cemeteries have been excavated
inhabited place (
H
)
fort (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Borcovicus..........
[
VP
]
.......................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
11342
Housesteads..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1977)
125
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)
accessed 03/07/2001
.......................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
345
Vercovicium..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000)
accessed 20 September 2004
.......................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
359
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000)
accessed 20 September 2004
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1977)
125
..................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
11342
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)
accessed 7 March 2001; accessed 03/07/2001
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
345; 359
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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