NPRN107373
Map ReferenceSN20NE
Grid ReferenceSN2842009140
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCarmarthenshire
Old CountyCarmarthenshire
CommunityLaugharne Township
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodRoman
DescriptionNAR SN20NE7
A tapering oval enclosure, about 140m north-south by 60m, defined by stone-revetted ramparts, or walling, with an additional rampart and ditch on north, set on a steep-sided promontory, surrounded on all sides, except on the north, by former marshland: excavations, 1963-4, produced late 1st-4th century Romano-British material & structures, including the stock of a minting operation, together with some early medieval material.
Greatly, if not terminally prejudiced by quarrying (Nprn114659).
Source: Wainwright 1967 'Coygan Camp'.
Possibly associated with:
Cave (Nprn103399).
RCAHMW AP955108/49, 55
J.Wiles 11.01.05