<< Our Photo Pages >> Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet - Hillfort in Wales in Carmarthenshire

Submitted by geoffstickland on Thursday, 10 November 2022  Page Views: 629

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Llandovery  Nearest Village: Myddfai
Map Ref: SN82063104
Latitude: 51.965287N  Longitude: 3.718069W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

Internal Links:
External Links:

Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet
Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet submitted by geoffstickland : A Roman fortlet, just off the Roman road and prominent from a distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Carmarthenshire

An earthworks, the remains of a Roman fortlet, set high on the mountain to the West of the major camp of Y Pigwn. The central mound is about 60' square and is surrounded by a bank about 20' wide and 3' high. No sign remains of a surrounding ditch. It offers a commanding view of the country to the North and East.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet
Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet submitted by Horatio : View from the raised viewing platform within the centre of the Fortlet. This fortlet is below the two large Roman marching camps on Y Pigwn. I'm surprised there's nothing on the meg P map re these larger camps good enough a reason to go back up with a drone to get photos as needs an aerial view to see it, then I'll submit a 'new site' unless someone beats me to it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet
Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet submitted by Horatio : Following info taken off the Cadw report 'The monument is comprised of buried features and earthworks representing a small Roman fort and is situated on ground falling away to the north west on a slight rise 50m west of the Roman road between Brecon and Llandovery. It consists of a round cornered rectangular earthwork 9m square bounded by a low bank c 8m wide and rising up to 1m externally a... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN8131 : Black Cock Inn by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2022(licence)
SN8230 : Heol Mynydd Bach Trecastell by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2021(licence)
SN8231 : Gwersyll cyrch Rhufeinig y Pigwn / Y Pigwn Roman marching camp by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2021(licence)
SN8231 : Gwersylloedd Rhufeinig Y Pigwn Roman Camps by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2013(licence)
SN8231 : Old Boundary Marker by J Glew
by J Glew
©2020(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 230m NW 317° Trecastle Hill Mile stone* Standing Stones (SN8190631211)
 443m SSW 207° Pen y Bylchau Round Barrow Barrow Cemetery (SN81853065)
 599m SSW 204° Mynydd Myddfai Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SN818305)
 697m WSW 252° Cwm y Cadno Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN81393084)
 1.0km E 80° Y Pigwn cairn 1* Cairn (SN83063119)
 1.1km E 92° Y Pigwn cairn 2* Cairn (SN83143098)
 1.1km E 82° Pigwn Stone Circle 3* Stone Circle (SN83203117)
 1.2km E 88° Trecastle Mountain Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SN8327331053)
 1.2km E 87° Trecastle Mountain WSW* Stone Circle (SN83313107)
 1.3km E 86° Trecastle Mountain ENE* Stone Circle (SN83343109)
 1.3km SW 221° Pen y Bylchau Bronze Age Enclosure* Hillfort (SN81153006)
 1.4km E 89° Y Pigwn standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN83423103)
 1.6km SSW 210° Mynydd Myddfai Round Barrow* Barrow Cemetery (SN8123429678)
 1.6km SSW 210° Pant-y-Ddwyros Cairn* Round Barrow(s) (SN81232968)
 1.7km SW 224° Tomen y Rhos Round Barrow* Barrow Cemetery (SN8084929847)
 1.9km SSE 147° Cwm Henwen Cairn* Cairn (SN83082939)
 2.0km SSE 151° Cwm Henwen* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN82962929)
 2.7km ESE 110° Pant Madog Cairn* Round Barrow(s) (SN84623003)
 3.0km SSE 154° Gwern-Wyddog* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN833283)
 3.0km SSW 208° Mynydd Myddfai Stones* Standing Stones (SN80562843)
 3.2km SW 217° Carn Pant Meddygon* Round Barrow(s) (SN80062855)
 3.2km SW 218° Pen Caenewydd Cairn* Cairn (SN80042856)
 3.4km SW 229° Pen Caenewydd Cairn (1 & 2)* Cairn (SN79492888)
 3.5km SW 229° Pen Cae Newydd Standing Stone (possible)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN7934328782)
 3.5km SW 233° Pen Cae Newydd Ring Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SN79172898)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Trecastle Hill Mile stone

Wulfen Langbett mit Opferstein (modern) >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Prehistoric houses at Sumburgh in Shetland

Prehistoric houses at Sumburgh in Shetland

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Waun Ddu Roman Fortlet" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.