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Farmstead, Dinas Powys Common

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Farmstead, Dinas Powys Common preserves the earthworks of a former Roman town in Vale of Glamorgan. It is the only Roman town the Albion Guide maps in the county. The nearest railway station, Dinas Powys, is under a kilometre away.

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