NGRef: SO0268
OSMap: LR136/147
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
See Dolau Gaer, about 1 mile south.

The Trefal Marching Camp

N.G.RefDimensionsAreaDescription
SO021681 > 985 x 755 ft
(> 300 x 230 m)		 > 17 acres
(> 6.9 ha)		 This camp was first discovered on aerial photographs and later surveyed on the ground. It lies on a rise (@ c.255m OD) at the eastern end of a low ridge about a mile north of the Roman fort at Dolau Gaer. Only the north-west rounded corner-angle has been recorded, together with a 300m length of the western defences and a 230m length of the northern defences (c.985 x 755 feet); the area thus enclosed was at least 17 acres (> 6.9 ha). The north side was observed in 1987 as a slight earthwork consisting of an outer ditch and an inner bank.

References and Links

The Welsh NMR pointed me in the direction of the article A Probable Roman Marching Camp Near Nantmel, Radnorshire by D. Browne & A.H.A. Hogg, in the journal Archaeology in Wales (Vol.27, 1987, p.23). Unfortunately, this publication is not contained in Birmingham University library.
Above information from Powys Sites and Monuments Record.