Ardotalia overview
Modern name(s) Melandra Castle
Region Europe
Section British Isles
Latitude 53.45229985 N suggest info
Longitude 1.98775547 W
Status Accurate location
Info Ardotalia was constructed by Cohors Primae Frisiavonum (the First Cohort of Frisiavones). Evidence for the existence of this unit exists not only from the building stone found at the site but also from various diplomas and other Roman writings. This unit would have had around a thousand men, including the specialist craftsmen needed to perform the skilled work of building the fort
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53.452300, -1.987755 === 53.452300 N, 1.987755 W === 53° 27' 8.3" N, 1° 59' 15.9" W
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Nearest sites Rigodunum, circa 14.6 km (9.1 mi) north
Castle Hill, circa 23.7 km (14.7 mi) north-east
Bole Hill, circa 21.8 km (13.5 mi) south-east
Gib Hill, circa 35 km (21.8 mi) south-east
Arbor Low, circa 34.9 km (21.7 mi) south-east
Bee Low, circa 34.9 km (21.7 mi) south-east
Wolfscote Hil, circa 38.9 km (24.2 mi) south-east
Minninglow, circa 42.7 km (26.5 mi) south-east
Olicana, Verbeia, Ilkley, circa 53.9 km (33.5 mi) north
Hob Hurst's House, circa 38.5 km (23.9 mi) south-east
Deva Victrix, Chester, circa 66.7 km (41.5 mi) west
Eboracum (colonia), Jórvík, York, circa 81.8 km (50.8 mi) north-east
Eburacum (castellum), circa 82 km (51 mi) north-east
Virosidium, Bainbridge, circa 95.3 km (59.2 mi) north
Viroconium Cornoviorum, Uriconium, Wroxeter, circa 97 km (60.3 mi) south-west
Ratae Corieltauvorum, Cair Lerion, Leicester, circa 107.1 km (66.5 mi) south-east
Maiden Castle, Cumbria, circa 118.8 km (73.8 mi) north
Pickering Castle, circa 119.1 km (74 mi) north-east
Lunt, Sefton, circa 124.4 km (77.3 mi) south-east
Galava, Ambleside, circa 125.5 km (78 mi) north-west
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Database ID 8691, created 7 Apr 2012, 18:33, Last changed 9 Apr 2012, 23:43