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Caer Lêb Romano-British Farm is a Roman settlement located in Wales, protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference AN014. The site lies upon hornblende schist bedrock of Neoproterozoic age, part of the ancient metamorphic rocks that underlie much of the Welsh landscape. This geology would have shaped both the settlement's layout and the building materials available to its Roman and Romano-British inhabitants.
The farm represents the Romano-British adaptation of settlement patterns across Wales during the Roman occupation and beyond. Such sites typically comprised domestic structures, storage facilities and working areas serving both agricultural and pastoral economies. The underlying metamorphic bedrock, exposed in outcrops across the surrounding terrain, would have provided stone for construction and field boundaries, as well as influencing water drainage and the choice of settlement location.
Caer Lêb demonstrates the continuity of land use across the Roman period in Wales, where farming communities maintained traditional practices whilst adopting certain Roman influences. The site's survival and protection reflect its importance in understanding rural settlement patterns during this transformative period of Welsh history, when Roman administrative structures and economic systems intersected with established local communities.
Caer Lêb Romano-British Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN014. View the official record →
Caer Lêb Romano-British Farm is a Roman settlement located in Wales, protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference AN014.
Caer Lêb Romano-British Farm dates from the roman period, and is classified as a settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Caer Lêb Romano-British Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is AN014.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Segontium Roman Fort (5.2 km), Cored Gwyrfai Fish Weir (6.7 km), Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement in Coed Glan-yr-Afon (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Caer Lêb Romano-British Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Caer Lêb Romano-British Farm stands on Unnamed Metamorphic Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is hornblende schist.