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Roman Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid is a Roman road protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. The road forms part of the network of Roman military infrastructure that penetrated the interior of Wales during the imperial period, serving supply lines and facilitating troop movement through difficult terrain.
The monument lies on bedrock of Arenig Rocks, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations dating to the Arenigian period. This geology of fine-grained sedimentary strata would have presented both challenge and resource to Roman engineers constructing the metalled surface, whilst the undulating landscape characteristic of this upland region required careful surveying and grading to maintain the road's functionality for wheeled traffic and mounted movement.
The road's survival in the Welsh uplands, where Roman occupation was primarily military rather than civilian, reflects the strategic importance of maintaining communications across the mountainous interior. The site is registered under Cadw reference CM279 and remains an important record of Roman infrastructure in Wales, illustrating the extent and sophistication of the road network that supported Roman military operations in the principality during the first and second centuries AD.
Roman Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM279. View the official record →
Roman Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid is a Roman road protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM279.
Roman Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid dates from the roman period, and is classified as a road. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Roman Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid 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 CM279.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Heli Mound (6.8 km), Castle-Lloyd Round Barrow (8.1 km), Castle-Lloyd Camp (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Roman Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid'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 Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.