Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carmarthen Roman Town Defences (part of)
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Town Defences (Roman).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Town Defences
- Period
- Roman
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1989
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.85969, -4.29797
- SAM number
- CM243
- Cadw record number
- 2823
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the best preserved and most visible stretch of defences of the Roman Town of Carmarthen. It forms part of the southern end of the eastern side of these defences which have been shown to consist of an earthen and turf rampart with an external ditch. The present surface of the site shows a marked drop to the east where the rampart drops towards the ditch.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Roman defensive organisation and of the growth of towns. The monument forms an important element within the wider Roman context and the structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information in regard to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- The Old Grammar SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- The Old Grammar SchoolDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old Grammar SchoolDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old Grammar SchoolDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.