NOVIOMAGUS
NOVIOMAGUS (
Νοιόμαγος,
Ptol. 2.3.28), capital of the Regni in Britannia Prima, marked in the Itin. Ant. (p. 472) as the first station on the road from London to Durovernum, and as 10 miles distant from the former town.
It has been variously placed at
Woodcote in
Surrey, and
Holwood Hill in
Kent. Camden, who adopts the former site in his description of
Surrey (p. 192), seems in his description of
Kent (p. 219) to prefer the latter; where on the little river
Ravensbourn, there still remain traces of ramparts and ditches of a vast extent.
This, site would also agree better with the distances in the Itinerary.
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