Trawscoed Fort

Trawscoed Fort
Nilfanion, created using Ordnance Survey data · CC BY-SA 3.0

(1st - 2nd c. AD) Trawscoed Fort is a Roman auxiliary fort in Ceredigion, Wales, located near the modern settlement of Trawsgoed and is cut through by the modern B4340 road. It was first built in the 70s AD and was occupied until around 130 AD, housing up to 800 infantry in rows of barracks within the 2.1 hectares (5.2 acres) banked enclosure. At its height it could have had a total population of around 2,000 people living at the fort and its extramural vicus [1].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryWales
Coordinates52.3335° N, 3.9333° W

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