Pinnata Castra (Ancient Greek: Πτερωτον Στρατοπεδον, Pteroton Stratopedon)[1] was a settlement located in the north of the island of Great Britain, featuring in Ptolemy's 2nd century Geography as one of the four places listed as belonging to the Vacomagi tribe.[2] It is also included as Pinnatis in the Ravenna Cosmography.[1]
PinnataCastra (Ancient Greek: Πτερωτον Στρατοπεδον, Pteroton Stratopedon) was a settlement located in the north of the island of Great Britain, featuring...
castrum (pl.: castra) was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form castrum meant 'fort', while the plural form castra meant 'camp'....
Morbium, Olicana, PinnataCastra, Portus Adurni, Regulbium, Segedunum, Trimontium, Vindolanda, Vinovia, Viroconium, Voreda Also castra of unknown name:...
following settlements: — Claudius Ptolemy (AD c.100–c.170) Moray Firth PinnataCastra Tuesis Firth of Tay Tamia Firth of Forth Bannatia The principal places...
its name in the Pictish language is not recorded, but it may be the PinnataCastra that features in Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. The original defences...
the Firth of Forth. To support this incursion he built bases such as PinnataCastra, a legion camp near Inchtuthil. Subsequently, he tried to secure the...
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