Porta Principalis Dextra - York, Great Britain.
N 53° 57.761 W 001° 05.108
30U E 625623 N 5981067
The Porta Principalis Dextra is one of the entries through the City walls into the Roman Fortress Eboracum. It is now known as Bootham Bar, Located at High Petergate, York, UK.
Waymark Code: WMK9PE
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/05/2014
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The plaque that stands on the site of the Roman Gateway reads:
Roman Fortress
This plaque marks the site of the Porta Principalis
Dextra or North Western Gate of the Roman Fortress
of which the foundations as rebuilt circa AD 300
lie just below ground.
"Located on a site that has had a gateway into York since AD.71 the current three storey stone tower replaced an original and much smaller wooden structure built by the Romans to give access to Principia, the Roman Headquarters." Text source:
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The History of York website states:
"There has been a gateway here for nearly 2000 years - Bootham Bar is on the site of one of the four main entrances to the Roman fortress.
The existing structure is not Roman but it has been around for quite a while. The archway itself dates from the 11th century and the rest of the structure is largely from the 14th century." Text Source: (
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