The city walls of Venta Silurum (modern Caerwent) are among the best-preserved Roman period city walls in Britain. The walls were constructed around the 3rd century CE, augmenting an earlier earthwork defense system, with external towers added in ...
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The city walls of Venta Silurum (modern Caerwent) are among the best-preserved Roman period city walls in Britain. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a city wall site from the Roman period in Britain.
Walls of Caerwent (Venta Silurum) is classified as a Roman city wall — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Venta (0 km), Carrow Hill Roman fort (3.9 km), Great Bulmore (11 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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