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Great Bulmore Roman settlement is a Roman civil settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference MM176. The site occupies ground underlain by Lower Devonian rocks of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, formed during the Early Devonian period. This geology has shaped the landscape and soils of the settlement area across millennia.
The settlement belongs to the class of Romano-British civilian sites that developed alongside military installations and trade routes during the occupation of Wales from the first to fourth centuries. Such settlements served as nuclei of commerce, craft production and administration for local populations adopting Roman material culture and practices.
Great Bulmore's protected status recognises the archaeological importance of this site as evidence for Roman provincial life beyond the fortress and fort network. The scheduled monument designation safeguards the buried remains and any associated finds for future study, preserving a record of how Roman settlement patterns adapted to the Welsh upland environment and the geological foundation upon which communities were established.
Great Bulmore Roman settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM176. View the official record →
Great Bulmore Roman settlement is a Roman civil settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference MM176.
Great Bulmore Roman settlement dates from the roman period, and is classified as a civil settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Great Bulmore Roman settlement 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 MM176.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Julian's Wood Camp (2.6 km), Round Barrow 57m South of Stock Wood (3.3 km), St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Llanwern (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Great Bulmore Roman settlement'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.
Great Bulmore Roman settlement stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.