Portus Adurni was a Roman fort in the Roman province of Britannia situated at the north end of Portsmouth Harbour. It was part of the Saxon Shore, and...
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name Portus Adurni and the Old English suffix ceaster ("fort; fortified town"), itself derived from the Latin word "castrum." The fort of Portus Adurni is...
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Roman ports Portus, at the mouth of the Tiber, Italy Portus Adurni, modern Portchester, England Portus Cale, modern Porto, Portugal Portus Dubris, modern...
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this route split into 3 major branches: Silchester – Portchester (Portus Adurni), a port, via Winchester (Venta) and Southampton (Clausentum) Silchester – Old...
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Silures Monmouthshire City (Town) Yes Portsmouth (Portchester) Caer Portus Portus Adurni Belgae Hampshire City (Village) No Rochester Caer Dourbruf Durobrivae...
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stem from the Roman placename Portus Adurni, but this is based on a misidentification of Shoreham-by-Sea as Portus Adurni by Michael Drayton in the 17th...
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Rigodunum, Castleshaw Calleva Atrebatum, Silchester Portchester Roman Fort (Portus Adurni), Portchester Rockbourne Roman Villa, Fordingbridge Sparsholt Roman...
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Calleva Atrebatum (modern-day Silchester) with the coastal port of Portus Adurni (Portchester). Numerous Roman artefacts and building remains have been...
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(Pevensey Castle, East Sussex), garrisoned by the Numerus Abulcorum. Portus Adurni (Portchester Castle, Hampshire), garrisoned by a Numerus Exploratorum...
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that was developed within the walls of the Roman Saxon Shore fort of Portus Adurni at Portchester, to the east of Fareham in Hampshire. The keep was probably...
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civitas (administrative division) of Roman Britain had towns including Portus Adurni (Portchester) and Clausentum (Southampton). The civitas capital was...
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medieval fortress built within the walls of the Roman Saxon Shore fort of Portus Adurni. It was also a prisoner of war camp during the Napoleonic Wars. Spitbank...
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deliberately settling Germanic tribes to strengthen Roman defences. Portus Adurni was a Roman fort situated at the north end of Portsmouth Harbour. It...
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recent (probably 1612s) invention, based on the name of the Roman fort Portus Adurni which was mistakenly believed to be at Shoreham. The river had previously...
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identified with the Portus Adurni which appears in the list. In the modern era though it has become more common to identify Portus Adurni with the Saxon Shore...
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with the construction of Pevensey Castle and its close contemporary, Portus Adurni (Portchester Castle). Anderitum appears to have been a key link in the...
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John (1834), "VIII. Observations to prove Filey Bay, in Yorkshire, the Portus Felix or Sinus Salutaris; and Flamborough Head, the Ocellum Promontorium...
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was Portchester Castle, which, ultimately, dates back to the Roman Portus Adurni. Its position allowed it to provide a degree of defence for the upper...
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what is now Bitterne, Southampton) passed through the area on route to Portus Adurni (Portchester Castle) and Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester). The crossing...
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a more likely contender than Dover for that role.[citation needed] Portus Adurni (which was later adapted and known as Portchester Castle) at the north...
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Sellers and author-journalist Christopher Hitchens. The Romans built Portus Adurni (now called Portchester Castle), a fort, at nearby Portchester in the...
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with the construction of Pevensey Castle and its close contemporary, Portus Adurni (Portchester Castle). Anderitum appears to have been a particularly...
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through Portus Ladus ("the way to the port"), eventually giving rise to the name Portslade. It was thought that the Roman fort Portus Adurni was located...
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(Dover). Under Carausius, the Fleet Command was temporarily based in Portus Adurni (Port Chester), after which it was transferred to Rutupiae (Richborough)...
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association with the sea, and its proximity to London, and mainland Europe. Portus Adurni which later became known as Portchester Castle, was one of the Saxon...
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around 280–90, at about the same time as the fort at nearby Portchester (Portus Adurni). Traces of a Roman road on a line running from Bitterne Manor to Wickham...
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route between the Roman settlements of Clausentum (Bitterne Manor) and Portus Adurni (Portchester). In 1439, the Grace Dieu was struck by lightning, with...
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Lympne fort, Pevensey fort, Fishbourne Roman Palace, Portchester (Portus Adurni), Badbury Rings, Hod Hill and Bath (Aquae Sulis). Tours during the Congress...
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Fox and C.E. Stevens suggested that the fort at Walton might be the Portus Adurni of the Notitia Dignitatum, usually identified as Portchester. Be that...
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Manduessedum, Mediobogdum, Navio, Morbium, Olicana, Pinnata Castra, Portus Adurni, Regulbium, Segedunum, Trimontium, Vindolanda, Vinovia, Viroconium,...
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