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Neath Roman Site is a Roman fort situated in the Vale of Neath in Glamorgan, Wales. The fort was established during the Roman occupation of Wales, likely in the mid-first century AD, and served as an important military installation controlling the Neath valley and access routes inland from the coast. The site comprises the remains of a rectangular fortification with defensive earthworks, though much of the structural detail has been obscured by subsequent agricultural use and development. The fort represents a significant element of the Roman military infrastructure deployed to subjugate and hold the territory of south Wales during the Roman period.
Neath Roman Site is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM215. View the official record →
Neath Roman Site is a Roman fort situated in the Vale of Neath in Glamorgan, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM215.
Neath Roman Site dates from the roman period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Neath 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 GM215.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Brunel Dock, Briton Ferry (4.3 km), Craig Ty-Isaf Camp (4.4 km), Buarth y Gaer, Mynydd y Gaer (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Neath 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.
Neath Roman Site stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.