‘Humongous’ fort found in Wales may disprove theory of Celtic-Roman peace

[Tommy Tainant]

‘Humongous’ fort found in Wales may disprove theory of Celtic-Roman peace

Site in Pembrokeshire suggests area was more militarised than previously thought, says expert who made discovery

www.theguardian.com

Wow. We wake up to this.. Our understanding of history is turned on its head. I do note that they only refer to South Wales. The Romans would have been too scared to vnture into the misty valleys of Gogledd Cymru. Pussies.

 

[odanny]

I wonder how long it will take to excavate this site. This is an exciting find.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I wonder how long it will take to excavate this site. This is an exciting find.

I suspect it will take years. Might be awkward if there are houses there.

There is a roman camp a few miles from here in Wroxeter. It is a faxcinating visit. You can really picture how it was. Has all their old tools hanging up and weapons as well..
Worth a trip if you ever come over.

 

[whitehall]

What theory? The Romans constructed Hadrains Wall when they couldn't defeat the Celtic wild people.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

What theory? The Romans constructed Hadrains Wall when they couldn't defeat the Celtic wild people.

What has that got to do with the Romans in Wales ? You know that Scotland is a whole other place.

 

[zaangalewa]

‘Humongous’ fort found in Wales may disprove theory of Celtic-Roman peace

Site in Pembrokeshire suggests area was more militarised than previously thought, says expert who made discovery

www.theguardian.com

Wow. We wake up to this.. Our understanding of history is turned on its head. I do note that they only refer to South Wales. The Romans would have been too scared to vnture into the misty valleys of Gogledd Cymru. Pussies.

Is it possible that this buildings had been "only" the centre buildings of a Roman farm? ... I took a look now but it existed indeed such relativelly little military installations of the Romans. Could even be there had been horse soldiers (cavallery). For sure very interesting. Often such castells had been Germination points of larger settlements.

 

[DudleySmith]

Not really 'humongous', only for about 500 soldiers, and probably not even that. Legionary forts were built to hold at least 5,000 and more. Probably just an outpost. The Welsh were a particularly stupid and backward tribe of inbreds relative to most celtic tribes,, so not entirely trustworthy, hence the need for a small fort.