From the seventeenth century onwards, fragments of Roman mosaic pavement have been found during grave digging in the churchyard, especially on its north side. Four pieces, found in 1860, are fixed to a mural tablet at the east end of the north aisle of the church; the tesserae are black, light cream, deep grey and red in colour, some forming a guilloche pattern.

Sherds of black and red Roman pottery have also been found as well as a small lead ingot (? Roman) with a stamped mark. Two coins were found in 1822 `in digging foundations near Oystermouth?; one was of Caracalla, dated 213 -217, the other of Severus Alexander (222-235). In 1837 a coin of Trajan dated 112-117 was found `in digging a well at the Mumbles'.


Source: RCAHMW., 1976. An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan, Volume I: Pre-Norman, Part II, The Iron Age and Roman Occupation. Cardiff: HMSO 110

Lorna Leadbetter-Jones, for RCAHMW March 2013