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Tynewydd Roman road is a Roman road in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference BR380. The route follows the undulating terrain of the region, where Ashgill rocks—a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Ashgill age—underlie the landscape. This solid but varied bedrock would have presented both challenges and advantages to Roman engineers planning and constructing the road.
Roman roads in Wales typically served military and administrative functions, connecting forts and settlements across difficult terrain. The Tynewydd road represents the strategic network the Romans developed to consolidate their control of the Welsh interior. The local geology of alternating soft and harder stone layers would have required careful engineering to create a durable metalled surface capable of withstanding regular military traffic and the region's wet climate.
Today the monument survives as an archaeological record of Roman infrastructure in Wales. The road's preservation under Cadw's protection ensures that this important element of Romano-British military engineering remains available for study and public understanding of Roman Wales's landscape, settlement patterns and territorial organisation.
Tynewydd Roman road is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR380. View the official record →
Tynewydd Roman road is a Roman road in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference BR380.
Tynewydd Roman road dates from the roman period, and is classified as a road. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tynewydd Roman road 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 BR380.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fforest Castle Mound (1.7 km), Caerau Roman Site (2 km), Caerau Castle Mound (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Tynewydd Roman road'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.
Tynewydd Roman road stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.