Local archaeologist and historian Karl-James Langford is releasing a brand new book in the coming weeks: Romans in South Wales.

Using archaeological evidence, it sets out to "illustrate the intercourse between Rome and the people of South Wales".

In three separate passages, Karl-James gives some brief insight into three local sites of immense interest. Buy his book to find out more...

"Llandough (ST16 73) Roman Villa with bath block house was extensively excavated in 1979 in advance of development works. Construction dates are believed to be around the 120 - 130's CE, occupying an earlier Iron Age site. It seems to have suddenly been abandoned in the middle 300's CE."

"Another potential farmstead site of note was located at the Cosmeston Medieval Village (ST17 68) excavations. Roman pottery and coinage was excavated, and a ditch connected to a farmstead type site was excavated running beneath the Cosmeston medieval stratification."

"After the excavations by Leslie Alcock at the site of the so-called Dinas Powys hillfort (ST14 72) between 1954 and continuously into 1958. We see a site re-occupied in the late Roman period, after a gap of abandonment at the early undefended Iron-Age open settlement (only to see defences added in this new period).This site would have had an immediate access to harbourage. The Dinas Powys site would have almost been completely surrounded by water; at most times of the year, this would testate to the fact of having access and a need to harbourage."

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