Ardotalia
Ardotalia, also known as Melandra or Melandra Castle, is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Ardotalia was constructed by Cohors Primae Frisiavonum—The First Cohort of Frisiavones.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Melandra Castle Roman fort” and “Zerdotalia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dinting railway station and Dinting Viaduct.
Dinting railway station
Railway station
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Dinting railway station serves the village of Dinting in Derbyshire, England. It is a stop on the Glossop line and, prior to the Woodhead Line's closure in 1981, Dinting was a station on the Great Central Main Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield Victoria. Dinting railway station is situated 3,900 feet east of Ardotalia.
Dinting Viaduct
Bridge
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Dinting Viaduct is a 19th-century railway viaduct in Glossopdale in Derbyshire, England, that carries the Glossop Line over a valley at the village of Dinting. Dinting Viaduct is situated 3,700 feet southeast of Ardotalia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gamesley and Hollingworth.
Gamesley
Village
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Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester.
Hollingworth
Village
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Hollingworth is a village in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 miles east of Manchester, on the Derbyshire border near Hadfield.
Hadfield
Town
Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England; it had a population of 6,763 at the 2021 Census. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, near to the border with Greater Manchester, at the western edge of the Peak District and close to Glossop.
Ardotalia
- Categories: castrum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Ardotalia” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ардоталиа”
- Cebuano: “Ardotalia”
- Czech: “Ardotalia”
- Swedish: “Ardotalia”
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