Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen y lan Roman Site
Roath, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Settlement
- Period
- Roman
- Community
- Roath
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.50173, -3.15637
- SAM number
- GM296
- Cadw record number
- 3372
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 consists of a settlement dating to the Roman period (AD74-410). Located to the east of an old flooded quarry, a series of grass-covered hollows and banks can be discerned. Where the site meets the edge of the disused quarry, an occupation layer with indications of walls is visible. Roman pottery has been recovered from the site.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Roman 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
- White Lodge CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- White LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garage, Gates & Garden Wall at White LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Water Tower at Penylan ReservoirWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.