OSMap: LR160
Type: Fortlet
Sarn Helen: SW (7½) to NIDVM (Neath, West Glamorgan)
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NGRef: SN8206 OSMap: LR160 Type: Fortlet |
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Sarn Helen: NE (3½) to Coelbren (West Glamorgan) Sarn Helen: SW (7½) to NIDVM (Neath, West Glamorgan) | |
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA |
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| SN828067 | (c.23.5 x 23 m) | (c.0.05 ha) |
This site lies on the 'Sarn Helen' Roman road about 3½ miles (c.5.6 km) south-west of the fort at Coelbren. The fortlet is almost square with sharp corner-angles, measuring 77 feet by 75½ feet (c.23.5 x 23 m) across the rampart crests, thus enclosing an area of only one-tenth of an acre (c.0.05 ha). The defences consisted of a single rampart and ditch, measuring 8 feet (c.2.4 m) and 5 feet (c.1.5 m) wide respectively; there is a single entrance gap, 10 feet (c.3 m) wide, in the centre of the south-eastern side, facing the Roman road.
