Luentinum

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Luentinum or Loventium was a fort and mining settlement in the Roman province of Britannia. It was associated with the Dolaucothi Gold Mines, and its remains lie beneath the adjoining village of Pumsaint in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire. It lay between similar forts at Llandovery and Bremia near Llanio, and some distance away from the fort at Llandeilo. The Roman road Sarn Helen linked Luentinum with Llanio and Llandovery. ()

Coordinates: 52°2'43"N, 3°57'42"W

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Luentinum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Talley Abbey, St Peter's Church, Lampeter Museum.

0.5 miE
Mine, Museum, Vernacular architecture
Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Llandovery
13 min walk • The Dolaucothi Gold Mines, also known as the Ogofau Gold Mine, are ancient Roman surface and underground mines located in the valley of the River Cothi, near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
4.9 miS
Monastery
Talley Abbey, Llandeilo
126 min walk • Talley Abbey is a ruined former monastery of the Premonstratensians in the village of Talley in Carmarthenshire, Wales, six miles north of the market town of Llandeilo. It lies in the River Cothi valley. Access to the site of the abbey is free, and the site is maintained by Cadw.
7 miNW
Church
St Peter's Church, Lampeter
179 min walk • St Peter's Church, Lampeter, is the Church in Wales parish church for the University town of Lampeter. It is a Grade II listed building, and has been described as "the best Victorian church in the county ".
6.8 miNW
Bars and clubs, Nightlife, Museum
Lampeter Museum, Lampeter
174 min walk • The Lampeter Museum was founded in 2014 by Hanes Llambed, the local history society, at the university campus. The museum covers the cultural and agricultural development of Lampeter as well as the history of the college which was founded in 1822.
6.5 miSW
Village
Llanfynydd
166 min walk • Llanfynydd is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 499. It lies some 10 miles north-east of the county town, Carmarthen.
6.8 miNW
Fountain
Harford Fountain, Lampeter
174 min walk • Harford Fountain, is a 19th-century grade II listed fountain in Harford Square, in Lampeter, Ceredigion.
5.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Mallaen
146 min walk • Mynydd Mallaen is an expansive plateau to the northwest of Cilycwm in northeast Carmarthenshire, Wales. It forms part of the Cambrian Mountains massif, and is north-west of the Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons.
6.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Lampeter Castle, Lampeter
174 min walk • Lampeter Castle, sometimes known as Stephen's Castle, was built during the Norman expansion into Wales at the end of the eleventh century. The motte is in the grounds of Lampeter University but the precise whereabouts of the bailey is unknown. It was captured by Cadell ap Gruffydd in 1146.