STALIOCA´NUS PORTUS
STALIOCA´NUS PORTUS (
Σ(
τ)
αλιοκανὸς λιμήν). Ptolemy (
2.8.2) places this port between Gobaeum Promontorium [
GOBAEUM] and the mouth of the Tetus, on the coast of Gallia Lugdunensis. D'Anville (
Notice, &c.) found in a manuscript plan of the
Anse du Conquet the name of
Port Sliocan, N. of
Cap Mahé, at the bottom of the road of
Loo-Christ. Lobineau in his
History of Bretagne says that the name means White Tower, and that there were traces of a port there, constructed of brick and cement. Gosselin places the Staliocanus on the N. coast of
Bretagne, at the outlet of the river on which
Morlaix stands.
It is impossible to determine which of the numerous bays on this irregular coast is Ptolemy's Staliocanus.
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G.L]