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Roman Road West of Carmarthen, Possible Line at West Dairy

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NPRN308997
Map ReferenceSN01NW
Grid ReferenceSN0120018400
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityWiston
Type Of SiteCROPMARK
PeriodRoman
Description
1. A c.500m linear cropmark feature running ESE-WNW from SN01441834 to SN00951845, that has been identified as a part of the Roman road W of Carmarthen (Nprn114111), following aerial reconnaissance by Chris Musson in 1995.
Source: Driver 2002 (AW 42), 60-1.

2. Confirmation in 2012/13 of a Roman fort at Wiston (NPRN 412237) makes this road line more likely, but it lacks the characteristic flanking quarry pits that one would expect of a Roman route, and that one sees further east near Whitland.

3. Further cropmarks were recorded at West Dairy, and west, during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance in the drought summer of 2014 (particularly 30th July 2014).

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 16th Sept 2014.