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Y Pigwyn is a Roman marching camp located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the first century AD. The site comprises a temporary military enclosure constructed during the Roman campaigns of conquest and consolidation in Wales, likely associated with the advance into the Welsh uplands during the Flavian period. The camp's defensive earthworks, consisting of banks and ditches, follow the characteristic playing-card layout typical of Roman temporary fortifications, though the site has been subject to considerable erosion and later agricultural activity. Y Pigwyn represents an important archaeological record of Roman military infrastructure and the strategic occupation of South Wales during the early Imperial period.
Y Pigwyn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR003. View the official record →
Y Pigwyn is a Roman marching camp located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the first century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR003.
Y Pigwyn dates from the roman period, and is classified as a marching camp. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Y Pigwyn 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 BR003.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garn Las ring cairn (6.2 km), Garn Las platform cairn (6.4 km), Stone Setting on Waun Llwyd (7.1 km).
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