29-447: Llantwit may refer to: Llantwit - suburb of Neath , Neath Port Talbot, Wales Llantwit Major - coastal village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales Llantwit Fardre - village between Pontypridd and Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
58-498: A 1st-century amphora , fragments of kitchen- and table-ware ranging in date from the earliest construction phase to the early-2nd century. One or two pieces are from the mid-2nd century. Six coins were also found, ranging from Augustus (Imp. 23B.C. - A.D.14) to Trajan (Imp. A.D.98-117). Some of the artifacts from the site were on permanent exhibition in the Neath Museum , which has since closed with artefacts now in storage. The site
87-601: A domestic, Welsh Premier League game, which was typical of the Welsh Premier League. After Neath became a municipal borough in 1835, the borough council was based at Neath Town Hall in Church Place before relocating to Gwyn Hall in Orchard Street in 1888. Neath District Council, which was formed in 1974, was absorbed into the larger unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot on 1 April 1996. The town encompasses
116-616: A large Roman marching camp that would have accommodated thousands of troops. These finds indicate some of the unusual measures the Romans took during the resistance of the native Silures . The fort at Neath was abandoned around 125 AD for fifteen years and again around 170 AD for a century before the final Roman withdrawal around 320 AD. The Antonine Itinerary ( c. 2nd century ) names Nido (or Nidum ) as one of nine places in Roman Wales . St Illtyd visited
145-670: A new transmitter for the Neath area. This would give residents of Neath access to the radio station, which already transmitted to the neighbouring area of Port Talbot . The new transmitter for the Neath area was commissioned by Government regulator Ofcom on Thursday 23 October 2008. Nidum NIDVM (Neath) Nidum (or NIDVM) is a Roman fort found in Cwrt Herbert near the town of Neath , in Wales . An Auxiliary fort first built in around 74AD from earth banks and wooden structures, it underwent
174-410: A reduction in size from 3.3 to 2.3 hectares (8 to 6 acres) soon afterwards. It may have been garrisoned by perhaps 500 Auxiliary troops. It was abandoned in around 125AD, but re-occupied around 140AD when it was rebuilt in stone. However it was only occupied until 170AD, with 100 years of disuse before a final period in use from AD 275 and 320. The name Nidum was well attested by the 19th century. It
203-624: Is 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Nidum. This is one of various Roman roads in Wales traditionally known as the Sarn Helen . The site was first identified in 1949 during work on the A474 road, which found the south-west gateway. A year later the south-east gateway was also discovered. Various excavations related to school or other building works took place in 1958, 1962, 1984–5 and 2011. Finds recovered from these digs included roof and floor tiles, pieces of
232-529: Is a Scheduled Ancient Monument . Much of the site is in the grounds of Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School , where a 2011 dig found gate-towers of the earlier gateway, to the north-west of the ramparts of the reduced-sized fort shown on the map. Post-holes indicate that the towers extended out beyond the wall line, unique in Britain for its time, suggesting extreme defensive measures needed to be taken against
261-592: Is a market town and community situated in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough , Wales . The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,258 in 2011. Historically in Glamorgan , the town is located on the River Neath , seven miles (eleven kilometres) east-northeast of Swansea . The town's English name ultimately derives from " Nedd "
290-581: Is at Victoria Gardens, a five-minute walk from the railway station. National Express services call at the railway station. From Victoria Gardens, First Cymru provides direct inter-urban services to nearby Swansea and Port Talbot in addition to South Wales Transport who provide many similar local services. The A465 skirts the town to the north east and provides a link to the M4 . In 2008 plans were announced to regenerate around 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of land in and around Neath town centre. The site once occupied by
319-473: Is evident by a number of Celtic hill forts , surrounding the town. The Romans also recognised the area's strategic importance and built an Auxiliary Fort on the river's Western bank around 74 AD. Much of the site is on the grounds of Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School but archaeological digs have also found gate-towers that extended out beyond the fort's walls (a feature unique in Roman Britain) and
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#1733085701560348-617: Is included in the Antonine Itinerary , a Roman period register of forts and distances along various routes around the Roman world. Iter 12 of the Britannia Itineraries, adjusting for errors in the medieval transcriptions, places Nidum 14 miles east of Leucarum (modern day Loughor ), and 27 miles west of Bomio (an unknown fort, possibly Cowbridge ). Bomio is itself listed as being 28 miles from Isca Augusta (modern day Caerleon ). In
377-534: The Provincial League but, because of local problems, a number of the "home" fixtures were raced at St Austell . The Dragons introduced the Australian rider Charlie Monk to British speedway. After a season at Long Eaton Archers , Monk went on to have considerable success at Glasgow . The team also featured South African Howdy Cornell. In the early 1960s there was also stock car racing held at Neath Abbey, opposite
406-724: The electoral wards of Neath East , Neath North , Neath South and Cimla . For the House of Commons at Westminster, Neath and the surrounding area are part of the Neath constituency. As of 2021 , its Member of Parliament (MP) is Christina Rees of the Labour Party . In the Senedd , the Neath Senedd constituency is represented by Jeremy Miles ( Labour ), and by the wider South Wales West electoral region which returns four additional Members of
435-574: The English kings Henry II , John , and Edward I visited. Neath was a market town that expanded with the arrival of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century with new manufacturing industries of iron , steel and tinplate . The Mackworth family , who owned the Gnoll Estate were prominent in the town's industrial development. Coal was mined extensively in the surrounding valleys and
464-683: The Gnoll Park, and Neath Indoor Market . Neath hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1918, 1934 and 1994. The Welsh Rugby Union was formed at a meeting held at the Castle Hotel in 1881. Neath Rugby Football Club , the famous and successful "Welsh All Blacks", play at The Gnoll . Motorcycle speedway was staged at the Abbey Stadium in Neath in 1962. The Welsh Dragons, led by New Zealander Trevor Redmond , raced with some success in
493-563: The Neath area and established a settlement in what is now known as Llantwit on the northern edge of the town. The church of St Illtyd was built at this settlement and was enlarged in Norman times. The Norman and pre-Norman church structure remains intact and active to day within the Church in Wales . The Welsh language name for Neath is Castell-nedd , referring to the Norman Neath Castle,
522-550: The Senedd (MSs). As with the rest of the British Isles , Neath experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters, often high winds, and low sunshine levels. Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School is situated on the outskirts of the town, opposite a campus of NPTC Group (which was previously Neath Port Talbot College . Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School is in the village of Cimla . Two other comprehensive schools serve
551-524: The construction of canals and railways made Neath a major transportation centre and the Evans and Bevan families were major players in the local coal mining community as well as owning the Vale of Neath Brewery. Silica was mined in the Craig-y-Dinas area of Pontneddfechan , after Quaker entrepreneur William Weston Young invented the blast furnace silica firebrick , later moving brick production from
580-482: The east or west. The routes are presumed to have existed however and are given the RCAHMW numbers 'RR60c' (to the east) and RR60d (to the west). These routes are classed as 'predicted' in the viscinity of Neath, so were no help in locating the fort of Nidum. To the north-east another unknown route leads to the well-defined Roman road designated RR622. It runs to Y Gaer , (Brecon), via the 'Coelbren Fort' at Banwen , which
609-419: The hostile Silures . After the 1949 and 1950 excavation of the two southern gateways the stonework was laid out for display. Two small enclosures now remain, surrounded by iron railings. One stands within the A474 roadside verge, whilst the eastern one occupies a corner of a housing estate, alongside the modern 'Roman Way'. It reveals the bases of the two gate-towers and a 'dual carriageway' between, Also shown
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#1733085701560638-577: The monastery Neath Athletic A.F.C. was the town's largest football team, playing at Neath RFC 's ground, The Gnoll, and played in the top flight of Welsh football , the Welsh Premier League , until the club was wound up in 2012. In the 2006–07 season, Neath Athletic A.F.C. were promoted from the Welsh Football League First Division to the Welsh Premier League. Neath Athletic A.F.C. had an average of 300 supporters attending
667-608: The original Welsh name for the River Neath and is known to be Celtic or Pre-Celtic . A meaning of 'shining' or 'brilliant' has been suggested, as has a link to the older Indo-European root *-nedi (simply meaning 'river'). As such, the town may share its etymology with the town of Stratton, Cornwall and the River Nidd in Northern England. The town is located at a ford of the River Neath and its strategic situation
696-531: The previous civic centre was to be redeveloped as a new shopping centre. The area around the Milland Road Industrial Estate and with the area around the Neath Canal were also to be redeveloped. The proposals included an "iconic" golden rugby ball-shaped museum, a library, heritage centre and other new facilities. In March 2008, the county's new radio station, Afan FM , announced plans to install
725-511: The son of the landlord of the Castle Hotel, served as a Royal Marines officer with Nelson aboard HMS Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar . The River Neath is a navigable estuary and Neath was a river port until recent times. The heavy industries are no more; the town is now a commercial and tourism centre. Attractions for visitors are the ruins of the Cistercian Neath Abbey ,
754-534: The title Llantwit . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Llantwit&oldid=591616957 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Neath Neath ( / n iː θ / ; Welsh : Castell-nedd )
783-720: The town: Llangatwg Comprehensive School in Cadoxton and Ysgol Bae Baglan in Baglan . Neath railway station is on the South Wales Main Line . Great Western Railway and Transport for Wales serve the station with services westbound to Swansea , Carmarthen and the West Wales Line and eastbound to Port Talbot Parkway , Bridgend , Cardiff Central and London Paddington . Trains also run via Hereford and Shrewsbury to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly . Neath bus station
812-468: The west the road is believed to have continued a further 23 miles from Leucarum to Moridunum , the fort and walled town at Carmarthen . The clear similarity of Nidum and the Welsh Nedd , helped confirm that a Roman Fort must have been built in the Neath area. Often identifiable lines of Roman roads have led straight to fort locations. However no evidence remains of the Roman roads leaving Neath either to
841-467: The works at Pontwalby to the Green in Neath. The town continued as a market trading centre with a municipal cattle market run by W.B. Trick. Industrial development continued throughout the 20th century with the construction by BP of a new petroleum refinery at Llandarcy . Admiral Lord Nelson stayed at the Castle Hotel en route to Milford Haven when the fleet was at anchor there. Lt. Lewis Roatley,
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