Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Church Hill Romano-British enclosure
Ilston, Swansea, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ilston, Swansea, recorded as Enclosure (Roman).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Roman
- Date of designation
- 6 March 2008
- Community
- Ilston
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.58826, -4.11446
- SAM number
- GM603
- Cadw record number
- 1113
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (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 remains of a Romano-British enclosure, probably dating from the late Iron Age and Romano-British periods (c. 100BC - AD 410). The embanked enclosure is roughly circular on plan and is situated on the upper leading edge of the east-facing slope forming the west side of the Green Cwm. The recovery of a large assemblage of Roman finds (including pottery, tile, painted wallplaster and a tessera or mosaic tile) indicates high-status occupation of the enclosure during the Roman period. The monument is situated within woodland and measures about 44m in diameter over a substantial spread rubble bank about 5m in thickness and up to 0.7m in height.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Romano-British rural settlement and social organisation. The monument forms an important element within the wider context of Romano-British society in Wales and the structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information in regard to chronology, building techniques and functional detail. The importance of the site is further enhanced by its demonstrable potential to contain a varied finds assemblage of considerable interest and importance - finds that have also been collected from an area extending 50m to the south.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Parc le Breos Chambered TombChambered Long Cairnunder 1 mi
- Limekiln at Green CwmIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Parc le Breos Limekiln and QuarriesLimekilnunder 1 mi
- Cat Hole CaveCaveunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.