Penydarren Roman fort

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Scott Vanderbilt

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette

Last modified Sep 23, 2026 07:37 AM — History

tags: fort

A Roman fort built ca. 74-78 CE and occupied no later than the first third of the second century, now built over by a sports stadium.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/100271079

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.7517844, -3.3778152

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Penydarren Roman fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
fort, fort, tower (deprecated)

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Scott Vanderbilt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Maxime Guénette, 'Penydarren Roman fort: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/100271079> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/100271079 |title=Places: 100271079 (Penydarren Roman fort) |author=Vanderbilt, S. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 3:19 am |publisher=Pleiades}}