- Cowbridge Roman Town
Cowbridge Roman Town was a small
Castra inRoman Wales within theRoman province ofBritannia Superior .Its name in
Latin is unknown, although it is the strongest candidate for Bovium (corrected from Bomio) of theAntonine Itinerary . Its remains have been discovered beneathCowbridge in the Welshcounty ofVale of Glamorgan , previouslyGlamorganshire .A Roman bath house or
Thermae , abandoned by the early2nd century , has been discovered which had bricks stamped by the 2nd Legion, suggesting perhaps some kind of early military establishment on the site. There were certainly funerary monuments of persons of status at this early period, including a fine sculpted lion. The settlement later became a ribbon development of typical timber and stone strip buildings within ditched enclosures fronting a north-southRoman road . Industry included agricultural processing and large scale iron working. Occupation continued into the4th century .References
*cite book | last=Arnold | first=Christopher J | coauthors=Davies, Jeffrey L | title=Roman & Early Medieval Wales | date=2000 | publisher=Sutton Publishing | location=Stroud
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