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    Durocornovium was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester). In...
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    1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the southeast. There was a Roman settlement, Durocornovium, slightly northwest of the current village, at a road junction mentioned...
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  • Dunstable United Kingdom 50 AD Colonia Agrippina Cologne Germany 50 AD Durocornovium Swindon United Kingdom 50 AD Verulamium St. Albans United Kingdom 50...
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    purocoronavis, which is considered to be a scribal error for durocornavis (or durocornovium), meaning "the fortress of the Cornovii". The etymology of the tribal...
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  • purocoronavis, which is considered to be a scribal error for durocornavis (or durocornovium), interpreted as meaning "the fortress of the Cornovii". The British...
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    Newton, Cambridgeshire AI, RC Durocobrivis Dunstable, Bedfordshire AI Durocornovium Swindon, Wiltshire AI Durolevum Unknown (Ospringe or Sittingbourne?)...
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    makes reference to Purocoronavis (almost certainly a corruption of Durocornovium), 'a fort or walled settlement of the Cornovii': the location is unidentified...
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    this Roman period that tourists came from the nearby towns of Cunetio, Durocornovium and the villas and farms around Devizes and visited Avebury and its...
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    the sixth. In Roman times the settlement at Wanborough was known as Durocornovium and was a little north west of the current position, at a road junction...
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    Location of Cunetio in Wiltshire Location Situated on a Roman road between Durocornovium and Venta Belgarum Region Britannia Coordinates 51°25′25.10″N 1°41′26...
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    around AD 700, refers to Purocoronavis (almost certainly a corruption of Durocornovium), 'a fort or walled settlement of the Cornovii' (unidentified, but possibly...
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    separating it from Stratton St Margaret. There was a Roman station at Durocornovium, now Covingham, one mile south of the village. The name "Marston" derives...
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  • roads which passed close to the site of the Roman fortified town of Durocornovium. Ermin Way passed to the east of the town and was the route from Corinium...
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    fields just to the south of Coate Stone Circle. A Roman town called Durocornovium existed to the east of Swindon from the 1st to 4th centuries, located...
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