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ID: 5000753
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5000753
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sea Mills (inhabited place)  Sea Mills (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 29 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.4833  decimal degrees
Long: 002 39 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.6500  decimal degrees

Note: Located 19.2 km northwest of Bath, near the mouth of the tidal river Avon; a small harbor is made here by the confluence of the river Trym. Military artifacts that have been found indicate that there was a Roman fort here shortly after the invasion of 43 CE. A civilian settlement also developed.

Names:
Sea Mills (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Abona (C,V)  ............ Roman
Abonae (H,V)  ............ Roman

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Bristol (unitary authority)  ................  Bristol (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Sea Mills (inhabited place)  ....................  Sea Mills (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ....  Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Britannia (province)  ........  Britannia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Sea Mills (inhabited place)  ............  Sea Mills (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
ancient site (C)
port (H)
fortified settlement (H)
fort (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Abona..........  [VP]
..............  Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000) accessed 5 August 2004
Abonae..........  [VP]
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 4
Sea Mills..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
....................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987) 655
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000) accessed 5 August 2004
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987) 655
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2607361
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 4
..................  Salway, Roman Britain (1991) map 6
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 4

 

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