Roman Road From Caersws to Caer Gai (Rr642)

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Roman road (RR642) traced N from the military settlemet at Caersws (Nprn92468); the intial three mile section (Nprn400358) being noted & surveyed by the 19th C., other sections recorded from aerial reconnaissance & survey - see Jones 1961, 183ff. - to that at Caer Gai (Nprn95436) - see Britannia 26 (1995), 328; Britannia 26 (1996), 391-2; Jones et al. 1998; Putnam and Toller 2001.
Comprises:
Southern section (Nprn400358)
Ffrid-wen section (Nprn400944)
Mynydd Argoed - Crygnant section (Nprn400030)- including section, 1966
Section W of Pant (Nprn400032)
Pant-y-milwyr section (Nprn400031)
Pant-y-Milwyr - Hirrhos section (Nprn400037)
Section NE of Graig-y-gof (Nprn400035)
Ffridd Llwydiarth section (Nprn400036)
Section at Dolfawr (Nprn309128).

Bibliography:
Margary, I. Roman Roads in Britain II (1957), 77.
Jones, G.D.B. Roman Montgomeryshire, BBCS 19.2 (1961), 177-192.
Jones, Putnam & Toller in AW38 (1998), 117-119.
Putnam 1998 (Mont.Col.86), 1-4.
Putnam & Toller in Higham, N. (ed.) Archaeology of the Roman Empire (2001), 117-122.
J.Wiles 08.08.02