Roman villa found in Wales

Two hundred years ago the famous Pembrokeshire antiquarian Richard Fenton claimed to have discovered a Roman villa in the county.

However, his published account was largely ignored. Fenton, after all, had been known to be wrong before. And it was commonly accepted for many years that the Romans had never ventured so far west. . .

And now, almost two centuries after Fenton's account, a Roman villa appears to have been discovered in the very place he pinpointed all those years ago. . .

The discovery could change our understanding of the Roman presence in Wales and certainly suggests that their influence over this remote part of Wales was much greater than once thought.

Posted by David on April 3, 2003 1:45 PM