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Recent Finds from Pennal. By A. STANLEY DAVIES. The Roman Fort of Cefn Gaer at Pennal is one of the Roman castella in Wales that have not been scientifically excavated.1 Therefore any information with regard to its occupation is welcome, especially as it lies at the end of an East to West road on which several Roman stations have been excavated, i.e., Wroxeter, Forden Gaer, Caersws. Information regarding the duration of occupation of Pennal is required to amplify the history of the Roman occupation of Mid-Wales. So far the only definite evidence of the date of the initial occupation has been a coin2 of the reign of Domitian, 81-96 A.D., together with earlier coins of Tiberius, 14-37 A.D., and Julius Caesar, 58-44 B.C. In fact these three coins are the only historical data respecting Pennal; and they were all known before 1693. These coins of Tiberius and Julius Caesar are presumptive evidence of first century occupation.3 To the above evidence can now be added a piece of decorated Samian (fig. 1) unearthed by the writer in the surface soil of the field opposite the farm house, on April 12th, 1931. It is a piece of the tell-tale form 29, which went out of fashion about A.D. 85. It is dated as Mid- Flavian, say A.D. 80. The fragment4 is badly worn and is part of an upper frieze decorated with a scroll; the stalks end in a rosette. A similar Pennal Decorated Samian. piece is illustrated in the Forden Report for Scale 1--1. shape 29. 1928,5 No. S 3. Pennal was therefore occupied before 80 A.D., and as the occupations of Forden and Caersws have now been put down to between A.D. 74 and 78,6 there is no reason to doubt that Pennal was occupied at the same time, possibly in connection with the campaign against the Silures. Other finds7 from Pennal are a piece of mortarium, a dark coloured hard baked brick similar to those noted by John Anwyl in