Carmarthen

Carmarthen is the province town of Carmarthenshire in Wales and a network. It lies on the River Towy 8 miles north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. Carmarthen has a solid case to be the most seasoned town in Wales – the settlements of Old Carmarthen and New Carmarthen wound up one district in 1546. Carmarthen was the most crowded precinct in Wales in the 16th– 18th hundreds of years, portrayed by William Camden as "the boss citie of the nation". Development stagnated by the mid-19th century, as new monetary focuses created in the South Wales coalfield. The populace in 2011 was 14,185, down from 15,854 of every 2001.

Dyfed– Powys Police central command, Glangwili General Hospital and a grounds of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David are situated in Carmarthen. At the point when Britannia was a Roman area, Carmarthen was the civitas capital of the Demetae clan, known as Moridunum "Sea Fort". It is conceivably the most established town in Wales, recorded by Ptolemy and in the Antonine Itinerary. The Roman fortress is accepted to date from about AD 75. A Roman coin accumulate was discovered close-by in 2006. Near the post is one of seven surviving Roman amphitheaters in Britain and just two in Roman Wales the other being at Isca Augusta, Roman Caerleon. It was uncovered in 1968. The field itself is 50 by 30 yards around 46 by 27 meters; the cavea seating territory is 100 by 73 yards.