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A map of Roman legionary camps in Europe with Caerleon (3) noted. Caerleon is a site of considerable archaeological importance as the location of a Roman legionary fortress or castra. It was the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD, and on the hill above was the site of an Iron Age hillfort. [7]
English: Map of the community of Caerleon in Newport, Wales. This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Newport UK community map (blank).svg (by Nilfanion ).
Caerleon campus stands near Lodge Hill, a ridge to the north of the town of Caerleon, on the outskirts of Newport, Wales. The site opened as a teacher training college in 1914. In the 1970s the campus became the Gwent College of Higher Education, before being incorporated as a satellite campus of the University of Wales, Newport .
Christchurch (Welsh: Eglwys y Drindod) is a village located at the top of Christchurch Hill in the Caerleon ward and community of the city of Newport, South Wales. The top of the hill affords panoramic views both towards the Bristol Channel in the south and through the Vale of Usk and into the Monmouthshire countryside to the north. The road ...
Caerwent (Welsh: Caer-went) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.It is located about five miles west of Chepstow and 11 miles east of Newport.It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Caerleon ST3393990642: 7 November 1951 ... Spans River Usk between Corporation Road and Dock Street. 25847
It passes from Roman Caerleon uphill, climbing the Wentwood ridge, to descend into gentle dairy pastureland , visiting the riverside towns of Usk and Abergavenny, where it enters the Brecon Beacons National Park, follows the towpath of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, bypassing Crickhowell where it climbs again providing views of the Black ...
The earliest description of Caerleon's Roman ruins is in Gerald of Wales's 12th century Itinerarium Cambriae. He was fully aware of the Roman historical significance of Caerleon and also gives extensive archaeological detail. Much may be fanciful or drawn from other locations however, and the features were certainly not apparent by later centuries.