Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Prestatyn Roman Site
Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, recorded as Settlement (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Settlement
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Prestatyn
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.32440, -3.40950
- SAM number
- FL094
- Cadw record number
- 413
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a settlement, in the form of a small military station. Three buildings outside the fort have been excavated and cuttings made across its ditch.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Llys Isfryn FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The PrioryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St MelydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate at Church of St MelydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.