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Coygan Camp

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NPRN107373
Map ReferenceSN20NE
Grid ReferenceSN2842009140
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCarmarthenshire
Old CountyCarmarthenshire
CommunityLaugharne Township
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodRoman
Description
NAR 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