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The site of Dolgellau was, in the pre-Roman Celtic period, part of the tribal lands of the Ordovices, who were conquered by the Romans in AD 77–78. Although a few Roman coins from the reigns of Emperors Hadrian and Trajan have been found near Dolgellau, the area is marshy and there is no evidence that it was settled during the Roman period.
Roman pottery and coins are reported as being found on the Marian in Dolgellau in the late 17th century (area 01), but there is no direct evidence of Roman occupation underneath the modern town. The Hengwrt archives (THCS, 1927) contain some 'ancient' maps of Meirionnydd, and the earliest, dated 1578, shows not a single road in the county.
The area around Dolgellau saw the greatest concentration of fulling mills between the mid 16th- and mid 19th-centuries, many of which were sited in the River Arran valley to the south of the town. In the 18th-/19th-centuries, tanning and the production of leather, and especially the glove industry, also prospered, and the number of tourists who came to climb Cadair Idris increased.
Dolgellau - Area 1 Dolgellau (PRN 19180) Historic background. The historic core of Dolgellau is built on the floodplain at the junction of two rivers, the Wnion (running east to west), and the Aran, which joins it from the south. The name 'Dolgellau' ('meadows of the cells') may refer to the pens used by drovers for herding animals, or to the ...
Mar 25, 2024 · Dolgellau History. Dolgellau is a small market town, population 2,678 (2001 census) situated at the foot of the Cader Idris mountain range in southern Snowdonia. It began as a village in the twelfth century and Cymer Abbey in nearby Llanelltyd was founded in 1198. Owain Glyndŵr held the last Welsh Parliament here in 1404.
The Supposed Roman Road from the Long Mountain to Dolgellau. Hugh Toller writes: An article in. 1983 by John Rigg and myself in this journal127 has described the course and remains of this road. The section between Welshpool and Dolgellau survives, where not overlain by modern roads, as a massively constructed road. This was interpreted as Roman.
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Nov 9, 2011 · Français. Britannia. A Roman road from the Long Mountain to Dolgellau and some Branches. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2011. John Riggand. Hugh Toller. Show author details. John Rigg. 4 The Birches, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury.
