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As also an historical Account of them, with explanatory and critical Observations. Contains a compleat Collection of the Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures, which have hitherto been discovered on or near the Wall, with the Letters engraved in their proper Shape, and proportionate Size, and the Reading thereof explained in Words at Length. Contains a large Account of the present State of the Walls, and Military Roads, more particularly that now re-edifying at a National Expence, for the Passage of Troops and Carriages from Carlisle to Newcastle upon Tyne. Contains the ancient State of the wall, with an Account of the Legionary and Auxiliary Forces employed here in building of it and the eighteen Cities or Stationary Towns standing thereon, called the Stations per Lincam Valli, with eighty-one Castles, and three Hundred and sixteen Forts, still visible. Vallum Romanum: or, the history and antiquities of the Roman wall, commonly called the Picts wall, in Cumberland and Northumberland, built by Hadrian and Severus, the Roman Emperors, Seventy Miles in Length, to keep out the Northern picts and scots. By John Warburton, Esq Somerset Herald, and F. The Whole illustrated with a Map of the Walls, Military Ways, and Stations, laid down by a new Geometrical Survey, and near two Hundred other Sculptures on Copper-Plates. and Learned Roger Gale, to the Compiler, relating to Roman Antiquities in the North of England. To which are added, Two Letters from the late Hon. Collected and abstracted from all Writers on the same Subject, as an Inducement to the young Nobility and Gentry of Great-Britain, to make the Tour of their native Country, before they visit foreign Parts. Summary interpretation plot of geophysical surveys within fields to the south of the fort and the main features of the fort.Vallum Romanum: or, the history and antiquities of the Roman wall, commonly called the Picts wall, in Cumberland and Northumberland, built by Hadrian and Severus, the Roman Emperors, Seventy Miles in Length, to keep out the Northern picts and scots. Further excavation also took place inside the fort. Excavation showed these to be the remains of a Roman period civilian settlement post-dating the military use of the fort.

In 2014, further geophysical survey demonstrated the presence of extensive archaeological deposits to the south of the fort. Volunteers beginning to expose the inter-vallum roadĪ length of the inter-vallum road. This is the first Roman fort discovered in Pembrokeshire.

Examination of the pottery suggests that the fort was occupied in the late first century/early second century AD and that it was reused in the mid-second to the mid-third century AD, perhaps as a civil site. For a site that has experienced regular ploughing, preservation of the archaeology was surprisingly good – the base of the clay defensive banks survived, the remains of an inter-vallum road lay just below the ground surface, and several substantial postholes indicated the former location of substantial timber buildings. Four trenches were excavated to examine the defences of the fort and part of its internal layout.

Roman vallum trial#

Trial excavation in 2013 demonstrated that the site is a Roman fort. Geophysical evidence was not conclusive, but it seemed to show classic ‘playing card’ triple-ditched fort. This was followed up in 2012 by a geophysical survey which further strengthened the case for a fort at Wiston. A Roman fort at Wiston in Pembrokeshire has been previously suggested, but it was not until analysis of Lidar data that firm evidence was obtained.