AD 100-300
From Holt, Wrexham, Wales

This plaque, called an antefix, was one of a row of tile ends set along the eaves of a tiled roof of a military building. Tile-making was sometimes controlled by military units and this example was made by the XXth Legion which was active in Wales. The antefix bears a wild boar on its surface, the emblem of the legion.

Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Two large marching camps, one superimposed over the other, sit astride Mynydd Bach Trecastell. An even larger camp lies 3.2 km to the south at Arosfa Garreg. These testify to the Roman army’s presence during its subjugation of southern Wales in the years before AD 75. Close by is a possible practice camp and a fortlet, presumably the later work of the garrison at Alabum (Llandovery). A Roman road runs along the ridge, linking Alabum with the fort at Cicutio (Brecon Gaer) to the east.

AD 100-200
Excavated at Moridunum (Carmarthen), Carmarthenshire, Wales

The iron bosses come from oval flat shields used by Roman auxiliary troops in the 2nd century AD. The spearheads were auxiliary weapons, too. It is curious that they were found within the town at Moridunum as the fort had been abandoned by the time these objects were mislaid. Perhaps they indicate the presence of discharged auxiliary troops amongst the civilian population.