NPRN275988
Map ReferenceST39SW
Grid ReferenceST3403090400
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNewport
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityCaerleon
Type Of SiteLEGIONARY FORTRESS
PeriodRoman
DescriptionPart of Caerleon Legionary fortress (Nprn95647).
A section across the south-eastern rampart, intervallum & part of a centurion's quarters of one of the dextral barracks in the praetentura, examined in 1938 (Nash Williams 1939): the southern angle of the fortress, south-east of this site, was explored in 1909 (Bosanquet & King 1963).
Sources: Nash Williams 1938 (AC 94), 107-8;
Bosanquet & King 1963 (Monmouth Ant. I.3), 49-57.
J.Wiles 02.02.05