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Pen y Crogben Earthwork is a Roman enclosure located in Merionethshire, Wales. The site comprises a roughly rectangular earthwork of Roman date, visible as a substantial bank and ditch formation that would have served a military or administrative function during the Roman occupation of Wales. Its positioning and construction reflect the Roman strategy of establishing fortified installations across the Welsh uplands to control the local population and secure communication routes. The monument remains a significant archaeological record of Roman military infrastructure in this region of mid-Wales.
Pen y Crogben Earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG106. View the official record →
Pen y Crogben Earthwork is a Roman enclosure located in Merionethshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG106.
Pen y Crogben Earthwork dates from the roman period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pen y Crogben Earthwork 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 MG106.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow Group W of Staylittle (3.2 km), Hengwm Ring Cairns (4.1 km), Carn Fach Bugeilyn (4.3 km).
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