Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caerleon Civil Settlement: Site of Roman Building SE of Castle Street
Caerleon, Newport, Wales
A scheduled monument in Caerleon, Newport, recorded as Civil settlement (Roman).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Civil settlement
- Period
- Roman
- Date of designation
- 20 December 1990
- Community
- Caerleon
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.60899, -2.94877
- SAM number
- MM244
- Cadw record number
- 3313
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of part of the remains of a civil settlement, dating to the Roman period (1st to 4th century AD). The area comprises a rectangular building platform about 0.5m high, within the extra-mural settlement of the Roman Legionary fortress. Excavation proved the presence of a substantial masonry building, probably a bath house, with walls 0.9m thick. Fragments of hypocaust tiles, opus signinum, wall plaster and tufa suggest a heated building with cement floors and a vaulted and plastered interior.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Roman urban settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Caerleon Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Garden Wall of The MyndeDomesticunder 1 mi
- 98 Mill StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 96 Mill StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.