WAUN DDU, ROMAN CAMP AND MOTTE; Y PIGWN III

Site Details

NPRN
304655
Map Reference
SN83SW
Grid Reference
SN82073107
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Myddfai
Type of Site
FORTLET
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Roman;Unknown

Site Description

NAR SN83SW4

A round-angled, banked/ramparted square enclosure, 30m across internally, having a subcircular mound, 30m in diameter & 1.3m high, with a summit area 15m in diameter, at/set over its northern angle; set upon a slight knoll, with ground falling away to the north-west, this monument is interpreted as a Roman fortlet, or temporary camp, with the mound as a medieval castle mound; the enclosure seems likely, both on morphological grounds & in its proximity to known monuments, to be a Roman military work, whilst the identification of the mound is less certain, it being possible that this is also a Roman feature.

Sources: Jones 1970 (BBCS 23.1 (1968)), 100-103;

Other Roman military monuments in the vicinity are recorded under Nprns90468, 92004, 304654, 304504).

J.Wiles 01.10.04