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ID: 4002079
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4002079
Record Type:
administrative
Caerwent (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 51 36 36 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 51.6100
decimal degrees
Long: 002 46 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.7667
decimal degrees
Note:
On the site of one of South Wales' most important Roman towns; parts of the original walls still stand today.
Names:
Caerwent
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Caroen
(
H
,
V
)
............
recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Venta Silurum
(
H
,
O
)
............
Roman name
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
Wales
(country) (
P
)
................
Monmouthshire
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Caerwent
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Roman Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
P,
H
)
........
Britannia
(province) (
P
)
............
Caerwent
(inhabited place) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Caerwent..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Baedekers: Great Britain (1966)
II
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Domesday Book (1985)
115
.................
Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987)
128
.................
Murray Handbook: Scotland (1894)
xxxi
.................
Nagel's: Great Britain & Ireland (1974)
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Caroen..........
[
VP
]
.................
Domesday Book (1985)
115
Venta Silurum..........
[
VP
]
..........................
Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000)
accessed 20 September 2004
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000)
accessed 20 September 2004
..................
Baedekers: Great Britain (1966)
II
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Domesday Book (1985)
115
..................
Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987)
128
..................
Murray Handbook: Scotland (1894)
xxxi
..................
Nagel's: Great Britain & Ireland (1974)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2591512
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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