Castrum Segontium
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Segontium () is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 65 inbound references to Castrum Segontium, and connects out to Magnus Maximus, Julius Caesar and Wales.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 70s establishments in the Roman Empire, Archaeological museums in Wales and Archaeological sites in Gwynedd.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Castrum.image
- Segontium Roman Fort - geograph.org.uk - 1287434.jpg
- Castrum.name
- Segontium
- Castrum.founded
- CE 77 or 78
- Castrum.abandoned
- CE 4th century
- Castrum.robust_struct_material
- Stone
- Castrum.robust_struct_built
- 2nd century <!--
- Castrum.robust_struct_abandoned
- 5th century-->
- Castrum.weak_struct_material
- Wood and earth
- Castrum.weak_struct_built
- 1st century <!--
- Castrum.weak_struct_abandoned
- 2nd century-->
- Castrum.province
- Britannia
- Castrum.map
- Wales Gwynedd
- Castrum.map_caption
- Location in Gwynedd
- Castrum.location_town
- Caernarfon
- Castrum.location_county
- Gwynedd
- Castrum.location_country
- Wales
- Castrum.ref:UK:OSNG
- SH485624
- Castrum.controlled_by
- Cadw
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Caernarfon
- Owned by
- Cadw
- Operator
- Cadw
- Official website
- www.nationaltrust.org.uk/segontium
- Image
- Segontium.JPG
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- culture
- Ancient Rome
- director of archaeological fieldwork
- Mortimer Wheeler
- Commons category
- Segontium
- historic county
- Caernarfonshire
- maintained by
- Cadw
- heritage designation
- scheduled monument
- P12749
- Capolat
- native label
- Segontium
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Roman
- Medieval
- Present day
- Mythology and fiction
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Segontium () is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales.
==Etymology== The fort probably takes its name either directly from the Afon Seiont or from a pre-existing British settlement itself named for the river. The name is a Latinised form of the Brythonic language *seg-ontio, which may be translated as "strong place".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castrum Segontium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations