Roman Paths through Wales

[Humberto]

There are pathways .

 

[ska invita]

ive become a bit fascinated with the A5
this is the a5

heres the roman road aka Watling Street which stops at shrewsbury
The A5 doesnt stray far from the orginal path

theres a whole bunch of history about Shrewsbury and Wroxeter but its too late in the night.
Anyhow one of these days Im going to drive the a5 and hopefully walk some of the old roads
I want to get to Angelsey too, but the Romans didnt seem to get into Wales

 

[Humberto]

There's also Sarn Helen which dates from the Roman period. Goes the length of Wales, or originally did. Long stretches of the route apparently still exist.

 

[blossie33]

I can't remember if there's much about the Roman occupation in this book but I really enjoyed it...

 

[Humberto]

That looks interesting, ta. And Adrian Chiles recommends.

 

[yield]

I want to get to Angelsey too, but the Romans didnt seem to get into Wales

There's a bit by Tacitus about the Roman conquest of Anglesey.

 

[lazythursday]

I've nearly finished reading this - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Realm...?dplnkId=467500c1-a6cd-4eb7-bf23-720859be8b15

It's about post-Roman forgotten kingdoms, and it's really fascinating. Not least the fact that it's the more Celtic kingdoms that retained more of the old Roman ways than the upstart Saxon realms. Has a fair bit about Gwynedd.

 

[StoneRoad]

Tomen Y Mur - up in the hills behind Harlech is Roman in origin ...

{updated} cym - cymru, seen in Wales

and the Romans - or their slaves - did quite a lot of mineral mining [Copper, Lead, Tin] in North Wales.

I presume that there were other forts, harbours and villas dotted over the landscape, but maybe they were more thinly spread compared with other areas.

 

[mojo pixy]

I thought I remembered this, and I had...

Remains of Roman villa near Aberystwyth discovered

Archaeologists find the remains of a 4th Century Roman villa near Aberystwyth after an aerial photograph showed up an outline.

www.bbc.co.uk

I also remember hearing that an old victorian iron mine up above Talybont/Machynlleth (I went there a couple of times scavenging for crystals) was built on the remains / ruins of a much older Roman mine. But it was anecdotal, bit of a dyn-yn-y-pub info, unsourced

Anyway, Romans had boats so it shouldn't be a surprise to find their leftovers within a days walk of almost any convenient landing spot they could get to.

 

[davesgcr]

I recall my dad telling me there were / was some Roman road remains on the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire - maybe a branch of Sarn Helen ? (bit of a way thoughfrom known gold mines around Talley though)