Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record

Vicus, Possible Site of, Segontium

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 5557
Trust : Gwynedd
Community : Caernarfon
Unitary authority : Gwynedd
NGR : SH48446244
Site Type (preferred type first) : ROMAN VICUS
Status : Scheduled Monument , Cared for by the State

Description :
The site of an excavation carried out in 1920. The fort ditches were seen, & many wells and pits, drains and floors - possibly the remains of shanty-type buildings or open booths lining the road (which was found) leading from the fort. <1>

Southern part removed from scheduled area November '92. (RCAHMW, 1960)

Sources :
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales , 1960 , An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire Volume II: Central
Waddington, K. , 2010 , Early Celtic Societies in North Wales
Waddington, K. , 2013 , The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period
Hayter, A. G. K. , 1921 , Archaeologia Cambrensis , <1>
Wheeler, R. E. M. , 1923 , Transactions of the Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion , <3>
Cadw , 1992 , PRN 3089 , <4>

Events :
43332 : Excavations at Segontium (year : 1921)
43333 : Field Monument Warden Site Visit: Segontium Roman Site (year : 1985)
44557 : Early Celtic Societies in North Wales (year : 2010)

Related records
GAT Historic Environment Record PRN 92420 https://archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT92420

Compiled date : 15-05-1989


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