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Y Pigwn

Near Trecastle, Powys

Two Roman marching camps high on the Black Mountain.

High on the moorland near Trecastle, the outlines of two Roman marching camps, one inside the other, can still be traced. They were built by Roman armies campaigning against the Silures, and the soldiers would have dug ditches and banks each night to protect their tents.

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When
About AD 70s
Where
51.9800, -3.7100
Group
Roman Britain

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A moorland walk from the mountain road south of Trecastle.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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