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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: SegontiumCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.412 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Caernarfon
Map Ref: SH4852262408
Latitude: 53.137235N Longitude: 4.265886W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Segontium Roman Fort was founded in AD77 following the subjugation of the Ordovices (local tribe) by Agricola, consul and governor of Britain. It was garrisoned until AD394. No other Roman Fort in Wales was held so long. The name 'Segontium' is derived from the Afon Seiont river that it overlooks. The fort occupies a strategic position atop a broad rounded hill overlooking the Menai Strait and Ynys Mon (Anglesey). The extraordinary length of occupation can be explained by the need to protect the fertile and mineral rich lands of Ynys Mon.
Segontium was the main Roman Fort in the north of Roman Wales. Designed to house about 1000 auxiliary infantry it was also connected to a network of smaller forts, and the legionary fort at Deva Victrix (Chester), by roads built by the military. However, the garrison had been reduced in size by AD120 and reduced further in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
The fort's longevity may have influenced its inclusion within early Welsh mythology. Segontium is referenced in the prose of the Mabinogion, a collection of early medieval Welsh prose first collated in the 1350's. In 'Breuddwyd Macsen Wledig' (the dream of Macsen Wledig) Macsen, identified with the Emperor Magnus Maximus (383 to 388) dreams of a beautiful woman, identified as Saint Elen, daughter of a tribal chief who resides at the fort at the mouth of the Afon Seiont. Elen is considered to have influenced the creation of the Roman road system known collectively as Sarn Helen.
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