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)