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Carmarthen Roman Town Defences is a Roman Defence comprising the surviving earthwork and masonry remains of fortifications that enclosed the Roman settlement of Moridumum in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The defences date primarily to the late second century AD, when the town was substantially refortified with a stone wall and associated ditch system. The fort and town occupied a strategic position on the River Towy and served as an important administrative and military centre in Roman Wales. Substantial sections of the Roman defensive wall remain visible today, forming a significant archaeological record of Romano-British urban fortification practice in the western provinces.
Carmarthen Roman Town Defences (part of) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM243. View the official record →
Carmarthen Roman Town Defences is a Roman Defence comprising the surviving earthwork and masonry remains of fortifications that enclosed the Roman settlement of Moridumum in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM243.
Carmarthen Roman Town Defences (part of) dates from the roman period, and is classified as a town defences. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Carmarthen Roman Town Defences (part of) 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 CM243.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhyd-Lydan Cromlech (5.9 km), Banc y Bettws Castle Mound (6.3 km), Standing Stone NNW of Clomendy (6.4 km).
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