Cramond Roman Fort
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Cramond Roman Fort is an ancient Roman military fortification near Edinburgh, Scotland, notable for its role in the northern frontier of Roman Britain and its well-preserved archaeological remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cramond Roman Fort canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5315067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cramond Roman Fort Context triple: [Cramond, hasArchaeologicalSite, Cramond Roman Fort]
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A.
Arbeia Roman Fort
Arbeia Roman Fort is a reconstructed Roman military fort and museum in South Shields, England, that once guarded the River Tyne and supplied nearby Hadrian’s Wall.
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B.
Segedunum Roman Fort
Segedunum Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort and museum at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Wallsend, England.
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Moray archaeological site
Moray archaeological site is an Inca ruin in Peru renowned for its series of circular agricultural terraces thought to have been used as an experimental farming laboratory.
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D.
Richborough Roman Fort
Richborough Roman Fort is a major archaeological site in Kent, England, that preserves the remains of a significant Roman military and port complex marking one of the main entry points of Roman Britain.
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E.
Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cramond Roman Fort Target entity description: Cramond Roman Fort is an ancient Roman military fortification near Edinburgh, Scotland, notable for its role in the northern frontier of Roman Britain and its well-preserved archaeological remains.
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A.
Arbeia Roman Fort
Arbeia Roman Fort is a reconstructed Roman military fort and museum in South Shields, England, that once guarded the River Tyne and supplied nearby Hadrian’s Wall.
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B.
Segedunum Roman Fort
Segedunum Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort and museum at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Wallsend, England.
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C.
Moray archaeological site
Moray archaeological site is an Inca ruin in Peru renowned for its series of circular agricultural terraces thought to have been used as an experimental farming laboratory.
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D.
Richborough Roman Fort
Richborough Roman Fort is a major archaeological site in Kent, England, that preserves the remains of a significant Roman military and port complex marking one of the main entry points of Roman Britain.
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E.
Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman fort
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedInCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Cramond Roman bath house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalMethod |
excavation
ⓘ
geophysical survey ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Antonine Wall frontier system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedInCentury | 2nd century ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discoveredArtifact |
coins
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inscribed stones ⓘ military equipment ⓘ pottery ⓘ |
| garrisonType | auxiliary cohort ⓘ |
| hasAccess | Cramond village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains | well-preserved ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 55.975 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -3.298 ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery | Cramond Lioness sculpture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
barracks
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bathhouse ⓘ defensive ramparts ⓘ ditches ⓘ gateways ⓘ granaries ⓘ internal buildings ⓘ principia ⓘ |
| hasFunction | military fortification ⓘ |
| hasView | Firth of Forth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | scheduled monument ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
archaeological excavations
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historical research ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cramond
NERFINISHED
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Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Firth of Forth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Almond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Cramond Roman vicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern frontier of Roman Britain ⓘ |
| region | Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reoccupiedInCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman period ⓘ |
| usedBy | Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cramond Roman Fort Description of subject: Cramond Roman Fort is an ancient Roman military fortification near Edinburgh, Scotland, notable for its role in the northern frontier of Roman Britain and its well-preserved archaeological remains.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.