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The Roman Empire held a military occupation in most of Wales, except for the southern coastal region of South Wales, east of the Gower Peninsula, where there is a legacy of Romanisation in the region, and some southern sites such as Carmarthen, which was the civitas capital of the Demetae tribe.
Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day suburban town of Caerleon in the north of the city of Newport in South Wales. The site includes Caerleon Amphitheatre and is protected by Cadw.
The earliest description of Caerleon's Roman ruins is in Gerald of Wales's 12th century Itinerarium Cambriae. He was fully aware of the Roman historical significance of Caerleon and also gives extensive archaeological detail. Much may be fanciful or drawn from other locations however, and the features were certainly not apparent by later centuries.
The Vale of Glamorgan county borough is a rural and agricultural area of south Wales. With 110 scheduled monuments, evenly spread across the borough, it is an area with a high density of such sites. Forty-one sites date to prehistoric times, including three neolithic tombs, eighteen round barrows and sixteen Iron Age hill forts.
A list of Roman villas in Wales confirmed by archaeology. Name Location Local authority Historic county Grid reference Coflein reference Notes Abermagwr Abermagwr:
The 57 scheduled monuments cover over 4,000 years of the history of this part of South Wales. There are chambered tombs of the Neolithic, and burial cairns and standing stones of the Bronze Age, Iron Age hillforts, and a Roman villa. Four early medieval sites and 23 from the medieval post-Norman period cover defences, dwellings, stones and ...
NIDVM (Neath) ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ╦ ═ ═ ═ Dŵr y Felin School Neath Canal Tennant Canal NIDUM ROMAN FORT Map of the ramparts of Nidum Roman Auxiliary Fort, overlaid on a map of the Neath Abbey area of Neath, South Wales. Nidum (or NIDVM) is a Roman fort found in Cwrt Herbert near the town of Neath, in Wales. An Auxiliary fort first built in around 74AD from earth banks and wooden ...
Rhondda Cynon Taf is a county borough in South Wales. It has 89 scheduled monuments, seven of which cross or are on a border with a neighbouring authority.Of the 54 prehistoric sites, 40 are burial sites, with four hillforts and ten domestic and hut circle sites.