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Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court Brook is a Roman temporary encampment located in Wales. The site lies upon bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a Westphalian-age geology comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This coal-bearing landscape reflects the industrial character of the South Wales valleys, though in the Roman period it would have supported very different land use.
Marching camps served as overnight or short-term bases for Roman military units moving through territory. Built to a standardised playing-card plan with defensive ditches and ramparts, they could be erected and abandoned within a single day. The camp's position in relation to Melin Court Brook reflects Roman choices about water access and defensible ground during their operations in South Wales.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage agency, under the reference GM367. Its survival as an earthwork demonstrates the durability of Roman military engineering, preserving evidence of the army's presence in this region during the period of conquest and occupation.
Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court Brook is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM367. View the official record →
Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court Brook is a Roman temporary encampment located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM367.
Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court Brook dates from the roman period, and is classified as a marching camp. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court Brook 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 GM367.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn yr Argoed Camp (6 km), Nant Herbert Camp (6.2 km), Pont Fawr Aqueduct / Viaduct (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court Brook'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.
Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court Brook 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.