Pons Aeli

fort · 30 BC – 2100 AD

The site of a Roman fort at Newcastle dating between the second and fourth centuries. The fort was perhaps designed to protect a bridge over the river Tyne.

Coordinates

54.96883, -1.61008

Also known as

Newcastle upon Tyne (en), Newcastle upon Tyne (en), Pons Aelii (la), Pons Aelii (la), Pons Aelius (la), Pons Aelius (la)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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