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Portchester (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 07 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the north shore of Portsmouth harbor; site of 3rd-century Roman fortress guarding the Saxon shore, second in mass only to Hadrian's Wall; excavations began in 1961, have revealed timber, streets, and wells; ruins of Henry II's castle also here. |
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| Portchester (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Porchester (C,V,English,U)
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| Porcestre (H,V)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Portcestre (H,V)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Porteceaster (H,V)
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............ | meaning "Roman fort by the harbor," name recorded ca. 960 |
| Portus Adurni (H,O)
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............ | Roman |
| Portus Ardaoni (H,O)
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............ | Roman |
| Portus Ardoani (H,O)
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| Portus Castra (H,O)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
............ |
was Roman center |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| fortification (H) |
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was a Roman fort |
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