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Ffrith Roman Site is a Roman settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference FL164. The site occupies ground underlain by the Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation and South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation, Westphalian strata composed of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This substantial bedrock geology would have presented specific challenges and opportunities for Romano-British occupation, influencing site layout, construction methods and resource exploitation.
The settlement represents an important example of Roman settlement in the Welsh landscape during the period of military consolidation following the conquest of Wales. The underlying coal and ironstone deposits, though not necessarily worked at this period, formed part of the natural resources available in the region. The ferricrete layers within the bedrock would have provided ironrich soil suitable for agriculture.
The monument survives as earthworks and subsurface deposits containing the remains of structures and artefacts from the Roman occupation period. As a protected Cadw monument, the site is preserved to allow continued study and understanding of Roman settlement patterns, military or civilian activity, and economic life in this part of Wales during the Roman imperial period.
Ffrith Roman Site is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL164. View the official record →
Ffrith Roman Site is a Roman settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference FL164.
Ffrith Roman Site dates from the roman period, and is classified as a settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ffrith Roman Site 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 FL164.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: Pentre-Bychan Hall Section, extending 540m S from Bron-Wylfa (7.6 km), Offa's Dyke: Section S of Bryn yr Owen Farm (7.8 km), Hadfod-y-Bwlch Round Barrow (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ffrith Roman Site'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.
Ffrith Roman Site stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.