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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
A roughly cut building stone with traces of mortar, probably Roman, on the sides. Incised on the front face is a type of motif, frequently found on building stones, which is usually identified as a palm-branch. This representation, however, has a stem, and so closely resembles the fir-tree emblem to be seen on the gold coins of the pre-Roman Dobunni, as well as in the hand of the Mother Goddess from Caerwent and on certain antefix types from Caerleon and Gloucester. This stone may, therefore, have been inserted vertically.
Site Name: Gelligaer, Caerphilly County Borough
Notes: Found in a modern boundary wall built along the Rectory Lane, adjacent to the site of the Roman fort, c. 1900.
