Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen y Crogben Earthwork
Llanbrynmair, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanbrynmair, Powys, recorded as Enclosure (Roman).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Roman
- Community
- Llanbrynmair
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.52714, -3.68763
- SAM number
- MG106
- Cadw record number
- 3663
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (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 monument consists of a sub-rectangular turf-built bank, c.0.6m high, c.26.5m N-S by 23.5m E-W, enclosing a level central area. There is a single entrance in the north. Excavation in 1961 showed the interior to be covered with a layer of rough metalling and divided by a central roadway. Four large posts at the entrance way are thought to have supported a tower.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Roman military operations in the area. The potential association with the early exploitation of metal ores in the area further enhances the importance of this site.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pen y Crogben Round BarrowGallowsunder 1 mi
- Dyngwm/Castle Rock Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and standing stoneRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Y Ffridd Round BarrowRound Barrow1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.